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•FirstLIght Our some-holds barred guide to this year’s film festival showcasing Academy Award contenders. Like documentaries? Terrorists?

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Hello Anthony, Mr. Maui Time Weekly, I read your article on DOCARE (“Those who DOCARE,” Dec. 8, 2005) and it’s totally inaccurate! And DOCARE does NOT know the law, okay, and DOCARE doesn’t do shit, okay, and I know this for a fact, okay, cuz I know because I worked hand in hand with them. So you’re writing something that paints a pretty picture of people who are not doing their goddamned jobs. So I think before you write an article you should, like, make sure that they know the laws, okay, cuz number one they do not know the law, okay? Number two, they don’t do their jobs, okay? So this thing you’re writing is basically all bullshit and I’m really disappointed to read you, the Maui Time, and come up like this with a big bogus article about DOCARE. And, you know, it’s terrible, man. It’s an insult to, you know, all the local people on Maui that you do this and with disrespect to the environment. And also you need to know that DOCARE is not a lawful authority: DOCARE is just a branch of the United States Business Corporation, okay. And the state and the DOCARE does not OWN any land, okay.

So you better get your story straight.

-Anonymous, via voicemail The Editor responds: First off, reporter Cheryl Ambrozic-Mooz wrote the article in question, not I. Secondly, in the absence of specific charges to back up your pretty serious allegations, there’s not much I can say except to reiterate our reporting that the state’s Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement (DOCARE) is the overworked, underfunded enforcement arm of the state’s Department of Land and Natural Resources. We never reported that either DOCARE “owns” any lands because they

don’t, though I’d love to know more about this “United States Business Corporation” of which you speak. Sounds pretty shady to me.

DOES CARE I would to comment on your weekly astrology column and your writer, Mr. Mason McGraw. I find his outlook and passion for his writing very reassuring and uplifting. I read the astrology column (Astro Mana) every week like other people read the sports and business sections faithfully. I look forward to his column every week. Keep up the great writing. Also I enjoy reading your weekly. Very informative, educational and bright.

-Alyka Nakoa-Clark, Wailuku Just a quick note in these hectic holiday times to thank you for your coverage on our store, Banana Wind, in the most recent issue in the West Side Culture article (Local Gift Guide, Dec. 15, 2005). We feel flattered to be in this article and appreciate the publicity! The happiest of holidays to you and your staff. MAHALO! -Nina Mehring, owner, Banana Wind, via email

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ehbrah@mauitime.com Eh, tweaking thieves at guardrails in Lahaina: please give me a chance to find you. I love how you decided to get your tweaking fix by taking my address off my ID and then robbing my home while I was sleeping. Cool move, you FUCKING JUNKIE! By the way, since you’re just stupid junkies you helpfully left your fingerprints all over my home and truck. I’ve hired a detective and there are a handful of cops on your ass as we speak. But to be honest I’d rather keep the law out of it, and am willing to pay anyone $1,000 to set up a meeting with you. I’m asking, no, pleading for the chance to meet you face to face.

It truly would replace all the Christmas presents you stole from under our tree. That being said, I will not stop until you and your tweaking friends are caught.

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LC Watch

Armchair Warriors Why soldiers shouldn’t just follow orders

How the Ale House helped rescue Moose’s

If we are, as Jean-Paul Sartre said, defined by our actions, most of the blame for the murder of more than 100,000 Iraqis belongs to our top government officials. But Bush’s armchair warriors couldn’t have invaded Iraq without a compliant and complicit United States military—one that, it should be noted, is all volunteer. These individuals, who enjoy free will, fire the guns and drop the bombs. If personal responsibility is to have any meaning, the men and women of our armed forces have to be held individually accountable for the carnage.

“Supporting our troops while opposing their actions may seem contradictory,” argues Joshua Frank in the antiwar.com article. “The duties of U.S. soldiers in Iraq are wrong and many may be committing horrible crimes against humanity. True. But soldiers are mostly not bad people (though, of course, some are).” How is a person who voluntarily commits “horrible crimes against humanity” not a “bad person”?

Even if U.S. forces were not violating the rules of war in Iraq—torturing, maiming and murdering POWs, robbing and subjecting civilians to collective punishment, dropping white phosphorus and depleted uranium bombs on civilian targets—the war itself, based on false pretenses and opposed by the United Nations, would remain a gross violation of American and international law.

Soldiers, they say, must obey orders.

However, “just following orders” wasn’t an acceptable excuse at the Nuremberg trials, where the charges included waging a war of aggression. Do our government’s poorly paid contract killers deserve our “support” for blindly following orders?

Not according to the military itself. The U.S. Army’s “Law of Land Warfare,” taught in basic training, says that U.S. troops must always refuse an unlawful

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order—one that violates the Constitution or other U.S. laws, is not reasonably linked to military necessity or is issued by someone without the proper authority.

Even passivity in the face of wrongdoing breaks military law. “If you are responsible for what’s going on around you, and it is going unlawfully, and you know that [and] do nothing about it, I’m going to prosecute you,” says Bill Eckhardt, a retired army colonel and professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law who prosecuted most of the perpetrators of the My Lai massacre. “So basically, you’ve gotta be a whistleblower.”

Congress never declared war against Iraq. As an unelected imposter, George W. Bush did not enjoy authority under the War Powers Act to commit American forces abroad. Concentration camps at Abu Ghraib and elsewhere violate the Geneva Conventions, which as treaty obligations are binding under U.S. law. Iraq did not threaten the United States. Iraq is not the subject of a U.N.-led international police action.

Thus, by several measures, the war is illegal.

Every order to deploy a soldier, aviator or sailor to fight in Iraq is by definition an unlawful order, one that he or she is legally and morally bound to refuse.

What are members of the military to do? They should certainly refuse to applaud when Bush uses them as backdrops to his logo-ridden pro-death pep rallies. Moreover, just as Muslim leaders were pressured to speak out against Islamist extremists after 9/11, soldiers ought to step forward to condemn the atrocities at Bagram, Fallujah and Guantánamo in letters to newspapers and other public venues. MTW

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In his successful defense of Moose McGillycuddy’s against three over-service charges at the Dec. 1, 2005 Liquor Control Board of Adjudication hearing, attorney Dave Jorgensen tried a number of novel approaches. One of the more interesting was to shove a court ruling against the LC right back in the board’s faces.

Way back in the spring of 2003, the board found the Kahului Ale House guilty on three counts of over-serving customer Gary Aplanalp. Rather than accept the guilty findings, Ale House sued the LC in Hawai’i’s 2nd Judicial Circuit Court.

On May 5, 2004, Judge Joel August ruled that the LC had been a little too quick with the guilty verdicts. His ruling listed six new findings the board was “required” to make.

They included establishing the actual time the Ale House last served Aplanalp, specifying “the indicia of intoxication that licensees are expected to look for with respect to customers” and determining whether Aplanalp was already drunk when he last got a drink at the Ale House. Rather than do all that, the board simply dismissed the case.

Jorgensen wanted to admit the ruling as evidence in his defense of Moose’s, which was up on identical charges. Jorgensen insisted that Judge August’s ruling applies to all over-service cases brought before the board of adjudication—that the LC must not bring charges against a licensee unless it can prove beyond a reasonable doubt that a customer actually got intoxicated at that establishment. Prosecutor Andrew Martin and Corporation Counsel Tracy FujitaVillarosa disagreed, saying the ruling was irrelevant because it applied only to the Ale House matter.

The board hesitated on admitting the ruling. Board member Lance Collins then suggested that the board go into closed session to discuss its powers regarding the ruling—five of the eight members agreed with him, helped no doubt by his threat to simply air all his concerns in public if they refused.

The executive session was closed so we don’t know what they said, but when they reopened the hearing 15 minutes later the entire board voted unanimously to accept the ruling into evidence.

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MAUICOUNTY WEDNESDAY, DEC. 14 Nice to see some pretty good shots of the old fake whaling ship Carthaginian in all the local papers this morning. It was also nice to read that the Lahaina Restoration Foundation—which was responsible for the upkeep of the Carthaginian, until it decided the boat was too expensive and just stopped maintaining it—wants to move a Hawaiian sailing canoe into the Carthaginian’s old berth.

What wasn’t nice was driving into Lahaina Town this morning and seeing a cruise ship tender tied up there instead. Man, they don’t waste any time… Speaking of wasting time, U.S. Congressman Ed Case (D, Hawai’i) sent out a press release announcing that he’d just today introduced a bill that would allow the Hansen’s disease patients who still live at Kalaupapa on Molokai to build a memorial to the thousands of people who were exiled there. “It is fitting and appropriate that our nation, through the National Park Service, ensures that they are never forgotten through the establishment of a memorial,” said Case in the release. Absolutely. Never forget. Just one question: how come it’s taken this long to come up with this brilliant idea?

THURSDAY, DEC. 15 So six out of the six Maui County Ethics Board members have decided to sweep away any and all objections Councilwoman Michelle Anderson raised when her colleagues recently appointed a Maui Land and Pineapple Company lobbyist to the county’s General Plan Advisory Committee. “I feel we need to have input from the companies that provide a lot of business, provide a lot of employment,”

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board member Harriette Holt says in today’s Maui News. Fellow board member Jim A. Stewart even told the paper that local government is favoring “concerned citizens” while “the corporate side is generally the one with the bull’s eye on it… Both sides are equal opposites,” he said. “They both should be heard.”

Wow. Citizens who advocate slow growth development policies—which entails scrutinizing endless environmental impact statements and attending day-long planning hearings all while trying to hold down a regular job—are “equal” to publicly traded corporations that hand out thousands of dollars in campaign contributions every year while employing people making six and seven-figure salaries? Really? Man, I had no clue how easy it was to sit on an ethics board.

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FRIDAY, DEC. 16 In a rare show of strength, the U.S. Senate sucker-punched the Bush Administration today, rejecting an attempt to make permanent some of the most draconian, anti-civil liberties aspects of the Patriot Act, like allowing federal investigators to run barefoot through library records and conducting so-called roving wiretaps (both Hawai’i Senators Daniel Akaka and Daniel Inouye voted against the act extensions). But for those of you who believe Bush and his minions when they say that dumping the Patriot Act will make us vulnerable to terrorists, take heart in today’s New York Times story exposing the Bush Administration’s post-Sept.

11 action allowing the super-secret National Security Agency (NSA) to eavesdrop on domestic phone calls and e-mails without having to get a warrant from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) court—an absolutely illegal practice usually only sought by tin-plated dictators like Saddam Hussein who feel the need to spy on their own people. When courts or long-established civil

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liberties stand in the way of his definition of “public safety,” Bush simply ignores them and does as it pleases in secret. Remember, this is the guy who justified his invasion of Iraq using bogus intelligence; authorized U.S. forces to torture prisoners in Cuba, Iraq and Afghanistan; opened secret prisons in Eastern Europe; and okayed assassinations of suspected terrorists. So far he’s not given a damn about the U.S. Constitution—why should he start now?

SATURDAY, DEC. 17 I’m allowed one day off, right?

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Even Democratic Congressman Ed Case thinks Bush’s allowing the NSA to ignore the longestablished FISA courts when it spies on Americans is a bad idea. Ed Case! He just voted to make the Patriot Act permanent! Anyway, him being Ed Case and all he’s totally cool with Bush spying on Americans—“I accept the President’s argument that, in fighting the reality of terrorism in our post-9/11 world, we cannot any longer distinguish neatly in intelligence gathering between foreign and domestic, nor even between wartime and peacetime,” he insisted in a press release today. But Case takes umbrage at Bush’s brazen disregard for FISA courts—which Bush has said will continue. “We have never given our presidents carte blanche to outright suspend basic constitutional rights and civil liberties in times of war just because they want to,” Case said. “It is clear that if we don’t step in, swiftly and effectively, the President will conclude that his administration can simply continue and perhaps expand domestic surveillance without independent judicial supervision.”

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away a couple reports from confidential informants labeling her a communist. The reason? Well, your guess is as a good as mine, but possible explanations include that she was a liberal, anti-war, Asian-American endorsed by the International Longshoreman’s & Warehousemen’s Union (ILWU). Any one of those chararacteristics would have perturbed noted FBI boss and dress-wearer J. Edgar Hoover. “Another informant who attended the conference stated he had known Patsy Takemoto [Mink] quite well and remembered her as one of a group who, during evening, sat round a campfire and sang Russian folk and revolutionary songs as well as Japanese and Chinese communistic songs,” wrote an unknown FBI agent to Hoover deputy Cartha de Loach on Nov. 6, 1964. “He said that in his opinion Patsy Takemoto was a communist sympathizer.”

TUESDAY, DEC. 20 Doesn’t that Patsy Mink communist nonsense seem so quaint now?

Anthony Pignataro believes that it is morally indefensible to shave more than once a day.

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The Maui County Board of Ethics ruling that there’s no conflict in having a Maui Land & Pine lobbyist sit on the county’s General Plan Committee, even though that committee may be making decisions on land MLP owns propels the publicly traded landowner back into the top slot. But it’s a narrow victory, because Hawaiian Telcom’s owner Carlyle Group just announced that it’s shelling out $2.4 billion to buy Dunkin’ Donuts, which it wants to expand so it can take on mighty Starbucks.

And state officials’s recent move to bring the hammer down on Aki Sinoto, Makena Resort’s favorite archaeologist, has a lot do with the big land-owner’s cellar showing. MTW

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Cunning Lingle What Governor Linda Lingle said in a Dec. 10, 2005 Honolulu Advertiser story about her administration’s new natural disaster preparedness package: “Hawai’i has been very fortunate, unlike some of our sister states, but we are not immune. It’s only a matter of time before we get hit again. Part of our success, a major part, is planning for that next occurrence.”

What she didn’t say: Disaster preparation is an interesting thing—it’s never controversial because it’s supposedly above partisan politics, it’s also something we never hear about until election time. In any case, the peril of Lingle’s public warning of statewide vulnerability doesn’t match her paltry appropriations wish: just $4 million to upgrade emergency shelters, instead of the $35 million the Advertiser says state Civil Defense officials actually want.

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NEWSOFTHEWEIRD TEEN WHISTLE British store owners seeking to drive away obnoxious, congregating teenagers have turned to security consultant Howard Stapleton’s recent invention, similar to a dog whistle, that emits a high-frequency sound audible to most teens but few older people. “The Mosquito” (it’s “small and annoying,” Stapleton told a New York Times reporter, who vouched that she couldn’t hear it, either) emits what one merchant called a pulsating chirp, not painful but surely irritating. A professor of neurophysiology verified that the ability to hear high frequency dissipates with age but that some people in their 20s and 30s could probably still hear it.

LEAST COMPETENT PEOPLE Robbin Doolin, 31, accidentally fell from her car while driving on U.S. 71 in Kansas City, Mo., in July when she opened the door to spit and leaned too far. She quickly jumped up and chased her car, which left the road and ran down an embankment. And in Amarillo, Texas, Bobby Reynolds, 74, and his son Gary, 43, were hospitalized in July after an incident in which their car got stuck on tracks at a railroad crossing. After unsuccessfully trying the move it, reported the Amarillo Globe-News, they somehow fell asleep in the car and were later hit by a train.

BOOK LEARNING OVERRATED A judge in Santa Maria, Calif., ordered Nobel-prize-winning physicist John Robert Schrieffer, 74, to prison for two years in November after he acknowledged that he killed a man and injured seven others when he fell asleep at the wheel of his car, at more than 100 mph. Schrieffer had nine previous speeding tickets and was

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driving at the time on a suspended Florida license. He also admitted that he lied to police about the cause of the collision. Schrieffer and two others shared the 1972 Nobel for their theory of electrical superconductivity.

IN THEIR OWN WORDS Singer Kenny Chesney, explaining to Life magazine in October how profoundly he felt the loss when he and actress Renee Zellweger ended their recent, brief marriage: It was “like opening the door to your house and having someone come in and take your big-screen TV off the wall during the big game, and there’s nothing you can do about it.”

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FirstLight Film Festival Bill Murray Brings Flowers Talking with the master of wry tone

By Cole Smithey In Jim Jarmusch’s enjoyable film Broken Flowers Bill Murray plays Don Johnston, an aging bachelor who goes on a crosscountry journey to visit four of his ex-girlfriends (played by Francis Conroy, Sharon Stone, Jessica Lange and Tilda Swinton) in search of a son he may have sired 20 years ago. Don’s bizarre experiences during his unannounced visits make for some terrific minimalist cinema that serves to crystallize Bill Murray’s sardonic post-modern screen persona as emblematic of American adult male consciousness. Bill Murray’s brand of humor is something to be savored for its every delicate trace of beaten-to-the-punch wisdom and effortless resolve.

Maui Time Weekly: With Lost In Translation and Broken Flowers you’ve perfected your minimalist style of humor. How is it that you are able to do so much more with so much less than most actors?

Bill Murray: I think in my case the minimalism comes from a deterioration of ability, an erosion of skills, so I just have less and less to give all the time.

This is kind of a psychological detective story, so a little bit at a time keeps you intrigued. There’s not a lot of dialogue for me. I basically have to get beaten up by these women through most of the movie, and have to be surprised at what the information is, so most of what I give is just being stung by whatever they say. It’s tough to go back and meet the loves of your life. You kind of misremember exactly how well it went at the time, and when you go back you’re going to be affected by, not only the hurt that you’ve caused, but also by the love that you may have passed on. If you’ve forgotten any of it, it still affects you when you see them.

Have you ever tried to track down an old flame?

Well, I’ve tried but I usually decide to try in the middle of the night in a strange town, so I’ve not had great success with it but they’ve always been interesting evenings— always. I don’t recommend it for most people, but I think we all have someone that we think, “Maybe I didn’t give myself or that person enough of a chance.” I think that I think about people in my past a lot more all the time. Once again, I think that’s the mind eroding and the deterioration of my sanity, but having done it in this film I would

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say it’s a far more precarious proposition than I would have guessed before.

Your character in Broken Flowers suffers from a kind of mid-life crisis. Can you relate?

I have crises on a regular basis, and they’re not suggested by how old I am or by how much living I’ve done—it’s just the kind of living I’ve been doing that’s been a real problem. When you’re not engaged in whatever your particular problem is then a part of the clothing that you wear can be a jolly way of behavior. You can be very happy-golucky about something you’re avoiding. How often do you hear, “Oh, he seemed so positive and upbeat all the time, I can’t believe he killed his entire family.”

I think Tilda Swinton made the point about Broken Flowers being about a question and never really getting the answer, and that is really an interesting design for this character. You just keep returning to the questions again, and that’s sobering because we’re in a result oriented world and if you don’t get them, and you only get questions, then that gets away from your “happy.” MTW Broken Flowers runs Thursday, Dec. 29 at 2 p.m.

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By Anthony Pignataro It started at the end of the 1972 Olympics in Munich, Germany, when a group of Arab terrorists calling themselves Black September broke into the Olympic Village Apartments and captured 11 Israeli athletes. The terrorists killed two athletes during the initial struggle and one Israeli succeeded in killing a terrorist. When the terrorists then tried to flee to Cairo with their remaining nine hostages, West German commandos rushed them at Furstenfeldbruck Airport. The ensuing gun battle ended with all the terrorists and hostages getting killed.

Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir’s subsequent response is the subject of Steven Spielberg’s controversial new movie Munich. Gathering a list of 11 Arabs who allegedly played a role in the initial abductions, Meir dispatched death squads into Europe to kill them.

Trumpeted as an Oscar contender before anyone even screened it, Munich stars Eric Bana, Geoffrey Rush and Daniel Craig, who was recently named the next James Bond. Munich has earned both praise and derision for being too even-handed.

“I’m always in favor of Israel responding strongly when it’s threatened,” Spielberg said in the Dec. 12, 2005 issue of Time. “At the same time, a response to a response doesn’t really solve anything. It just creates a perpetualmotion machine. There’s been a quagmire of blood for blood for many decades in that region. Where does it end? How can it end?”

That kind of moral and pragmatic equation of Arab terrorism with Israeli targeted killings has infuriated at least one commentator. “Worse, Munich prefers a discussion of counterterrorism to a discussion of terrorism; or it thinks that they are the same discussion,” wrote Leon Wieseltier, The New Republic’s literary editor, in that magazine’s Dec. 19, 2005 issue. “This is an opinion that only people who are not responsible for the safety of other people can hold.”

Wholly justified or not, the killings weighed heavily on the Israeli assassins, at least as far as Spielberg’s source material is concerned. Much of Munich is based on the 1984 book Vengeance, written by investigative reporter George Jonas in cooperation with a man known only as “Avner,” the leader of the most successful of Israel’s hit teams.

Avner’s team operated for a year with little, if any, government scrutiny. Developing their own underground contacts and intelligence, they used whatever methods were most expedient to kill their targets. Though operating under orders not to take out anyone unless they made positive identification, the hit team still ended up killing individuals not on their list—and not always by accident.

That’s the risk whenever a state bypasses its accepted justice mechanisms—jury trials, court-ordered warrants, due process and such—and skips right to summary execution. It’s a risk the Bush Administration, for instance, seems completely willing to run as it constantly invokes the specter of 9/11.

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On Nov. 3, 2002, a CIA-controlled Predator unmanned aircraft fired a Hellfire missile at a car in Yemen, killing all five men inside. One of them, the actual target of the attack, was a suspected Al Qaeda leader who’d helped plan the 2000 bombing of the destroyer U.S.S. Cole.

Not much is known about the other four men, except that one of them was an American citizen suspected of involvement in an alleged Al Qaeda cell in Buffalo, New York.

In contrast to the deep secrecy surrounding the Israeli killings, Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz went on CNN a few days after the Yemen operation, calling it “a very successful tactical operation” that would “keep the pressure on” terrorists everywhere.

Hopefully we won’t have to wait 30 years for someone to make a movie about that act of state-sanctioned killing. MTW

What’s going on at the Candlelight Café between screenings

By Samantha Campos If you’re going to see any of the movies at this year’s FirstLight Film Festival, you might as well go for the whole experience. That means, take your time! Get to the Maui Arts & Cultural Center early, buy your tickets, then go hang out in the Candlelight Café just outside of the Castle Theater. Grab a glass of wine or tea, a plate of food from whoever’s catering that night and enjoy the lineup of live music outdoors.

Thursday, Dec. 22: DJ Michael Fong—will be spinning country music to get you in the mood for notorious “gay cowboy” flick Brokeback Mountain.

Friday, Dec.23: Gene Argel Trio—with Argel on keys and vocals, Michael Buono on drums and Bob Harrison on bass for soothing and fabulous, light jazz.

(No films or live music Saturday-Sunday, Dec. 24-25.)

Munich runs Friday, Dec. 23 at 7:30 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 26: Gene Argel and Makana Argel—doing a tribute to Cole Porter with lively pop, swing and jazz, before the rambunctious musical The Producers.

Tuesday, Dec. 27: Dr. Nat and Zack—Latin jazz in the CandleLight Café; while inside the Castle Theater, Debra Lynn sings an Italian aria accompanied by pianist Anne Durham before the romantic costume drama Casanova.

Back Story I made the mistake earlier this month by asking FirstLight co-director Barry Rivers for his favorite of the 50 films he’s booked for this year’s FirstLight Film Festival. Immediately asking if he could narrow his favorites down to just a “top five,” Rivers then rattled off eight titles.

Now in its seventh year, FirstLight screens movies that have a shot at some kind of Academy Award.

“It’s the best stuff I can get my hands on,” said Rivers, who also co-directs the Maui Film Festival. “It’s a celebration of cinema more than anything.”

Movies range from the dark (Paradise Now, Munich) to lighthearted (Wallace & Gromit, The Family Stone) with a few blockbusters (King Kong, War of the Worlds) and dance documentaries (Ballets Russes, Rize) thrown in.

This year we’ve decided to highlight a few of what we consider the more notable of this year’s films, as well as give you the usual entertainment and ticket info. As usual, all films screen at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center’s Castle Theater in Kahului. For more information, call 242-SHOW. For a complete list of this week’s movies and show times, see page 24. Enjoy.

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Wednesday, Dec. 28: Bradda Francis—the winner of Paniolo Album of the Year 2002 and 2005 sings sweet island sounds in the Candlelight Café before the cultural/historical drama The New World. Inside the Castle Theater, new age master pianist “Nadama” performs on stage before romantic dramedy Shopgirl at 5 p.m., as well as The New World at 7:30.

Throughout the Festival the MACC’s official pianist Bruce Guerin (see p. 23) will be in the Castle Theater and Roberto & Friends will be out on the Amphitheater lawn juggling with a trio of jugglers.

Box Office Tickets for each show cost $10 and are available starting one hour prior to screening time at the MACC box office. Single movie tickets are also available at Collections in Makawao (572-0781) as well as online at www.mauifilmfestival.com.

FirstLight FastPasses cost $40 and include any four movies as well as VIP treatment like not having to stand in lines. You can get FastPasses at the MACC box office or at Borders Books (270 Dairy Rd., Kahului, 877-6160).

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Movie Truth

A rundown on this year’s FirstLight documentaries

By Jen Russo I’ve always believed that truth is far more entertaining than fiction. Yet documentary filmmaking plays such a small part in our mainstream theaters. First Light is different, giving us an unusual and generous opportunity to see some of the year’s best documentaries. They include spectacular action, comedy and drama taken directly from the realm of our own human endeavor.

Imagine you’re just 12 and you have to change your whole surroundings, exchanging extreme violence and drug dealing on the streets of Baltimore for a boarding school in Kenya, Africa. That’s The Boys of Baraka (Mon, Dec. 26, 9:30 p.m.), filmed by the two women of Loki Films.

In Mad Hot Ballroom (Thu, Dec. 22, 5 p.m.) you follow the trials and tribulations of a ballroom dancing competition in New York City with a set of city kids. They undergo a rigorous 10-week training and compete against other schools at the ripe old age of 11.

An all-female crew captured the drama of these small city lives as they focused on three public schools and their groups of dancers.

For his film Favela Rising (Thu, Dec. 22, 9:30 p.m.), director Jeff Zimbalist wanted a story of a group of people who work within itself to overcome great adversity. His partner Matt Mochary found just that in Brazil in Rio’s violent slum, the Vigário Geral favela. Moving in, the filmmakers show how a drug trafficker turned social revolutionary uses Afro-Reggae music to rebuild the community.

Now imagine yourself a paralyzed quadriplegic. Murderball (Thu, Dec. 29, 9:30 p.m.) delves into the lives of men on a quad rugby team—the film is so compelling and exciting you actually get quad envy. These men play hard and live harder. “The guys we got to know get up earlier, exercise longer, eat healthier, travel more, get hotter girlfriends, and most of them can kick our asses,” noted one of the filmmakers.

Finding Emperor Penguin love in all the wrong places? These little non-flying, proswimming birds find their mates in the middle of an Antarctic desert. How do they make a nest? Easy: they don’t. But the trick is that their eggs can never touch the ice or they’ll freeze. Morgan Freeman explains how they manage it in March of the Penguins (Sun, Jan. 1, 12 p.m.), Warner Independent Pictures’ financially successful documentary.

In Ghana, it’s common for a mother to poison her disabled child. Should you manage to escape that, your best hope is to live on the streets and get what you can from begging. Not a great future, right? Yet Emmanuel’s Gift (Sun, Jan. 1, 5 p.m.) tells the story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah, a disabled orphan who somehow manages to become a social visionary and outspoken advocate for the disabled in Ghana. And it all begins with a bike ride across his country. Oprah Winfrey liked it enough to narrate the film.

Closer to home, Rize (Tue, Dec. 20, 5 p.m.; Fri, Dec. 23, 9:30 p.m.) shows us how Tommy the Clown saves his own skin and changes the future of dance and life in South Central Los Angeles. It’s a long journey that begins with clown makeup and birthday parties and ends with amazing abs and “Krumping” competitions that will blow you away. Director/producer David LaChappelle stuns us with dance that inspires urban youth to abandon their gang banging ways and change the world around them. MTW

Hustle & Flow What makes Terrence Howard tick

By Cole Smithey

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Writer/director Craig Brewer’s Memphis-centric debut Hustle & Flow won the Audience Award at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival. The term “buzz” doesn’t begin to describe the tidal wave of sustained praise the movie has garnered from critics and audiences alike. Hustle & Flow is a perfect example of an American independent film that boldly embraces its rarefied subject and squeezes out sparks from every scene and every line of subtext-rich dialogue.

Terrence Howard’s emotionally devastating performance as Djay, a low down pimp making a last ditch effort to turn his life around with music, is steeped in American values of redemption and ambition. Since creating unforgettable sensations on television (NYPD Blue, Sparks) and in movies (Mr. Holland’s Opus, Dead Presidents) Terrence Howard has been called the next Denzel Washington. But that lofty compliment doesn’t begin to evince the actor’s slow burning intensity, inscrutable poise and thoroughly individual nature.

Howard is an actor you absolutely cannot take your eyes off. He’s unpredictable and unknowable in ways that beckon to the early career days of Marlon Brando. It’s a name you’ll be hearing a lot more of in the coming years.

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How much of your life did you have to let go of in order to become your character?

All of it. I had to let go of all of my sensibilities. I had to let my conscience go to bed for about a year. It wasn’t a question of me just being a character for a couple of months. I mean it would take a good year of demoralizing myself because that’s how I work. I mean, I wish I could just snap on and, you know, be somebody. But I had to go through all the motions. I had to start smoking cigarettes again. I watched a bunch of pornography again just to desensitize myself to my own conscience and my own sensibilities. It bothered me and I was telling them I was so afraid to do that. I was so afraid.

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was not all that crowded, and we were ushered in and seated immediately. The smiling waitress came over with an extensive wine list. They have a selection of over 150 bottles, some of those are even pressurized so when people like me purchase by the glass, each one tastes like it has just been uncorked.

I was skeptical at first about this seemingly brilliant system, but she challenged me to a taste. How could I say no? Feeling a little indecisive with so many wines to choose from, she recommended the Chardonnay sampler: a selection of three two-ounce glasses of wine. Considering the wines were superb, this turned out to be a great deal.

As I settled into my seat, and wine, it became clear that Vino is not nearly as stodgy as I had imagined. Yes, there were a number of tourists there, but not everybody just arrived from a cruise ship.

The menu at Vino is large, primarily consisting of tapas, so it took a while for us to decide. Should we get the Crispy Sushi or the Rock Shrimp Fritto? The Oven Roasted Beet Salad, or the Heirloom Tomatoes and Crisp Fried Mozzarella? Fortunately there were a lot of us, so between six people we sampled nearly everything on the menu.

The Crispy Sushi was amazing, but the Silk Handkerchiefs (homemade pasta with basil pesto and oven roasted tomatoes) took my breath away. I was not too enthusiastic about ordering the Pork Tenderloin Roulade, but others were intrigued so it was added to our list. It turned out to be one of my favorite dishes. The Pork was tender, stuffed with mushrooms. It was, quite literally, super tasty.

While each dish looked like an individual work of art, I thought the Jumbo Lump Crab and Ahi Dynamite were a little bland. Then again, not everything is going to be a hit.

All and all, the evening turned out to be a lot of fun, filled with amazing food. Given the superior caliber of the food, the prices are reasonable. Most of the dishes range from $8-15 and are generally small, but going with friends and ordering a selection is an economical and exciting way to experience this Maui treasure.

Just don’t forget the wine—the restaurant is called Vino, after all. MTW

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11 a.m.-2 a.m. 355 E. Kamehameha Ave., Kahului, 877-9001. $ Alive & Well - Healthy food, juices and plate lunches. Open daily, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. 340 Hana Hwy., Kahului, 244-5950. $ Aloha Grill - Burgers with veggie styles. MonSat, 8 a.m.-8:30 p.m.; Sun, 8 a.m.-7 p.m. 270 Dairy Road Marketplace, Kahului, 893-0263. $ Archie’s - Japenese. Daily 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., M-F 5 p.m.-8 p.m., Fr-Sa 5 p.m.-9 p.m. 1440, Lower Main, Wailuku, 244-9401. $ Ba-Le - French-Vietnamese sandwiches, noodle dishes, pho and more. Mon-Sat, 9 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sun, 9 a.m.-7 p.m. 270 Dairy Rd., Kahului, 877-2400. $ Bangkok Cuisine - Casual Thai food. Open 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m. 395 Dairy Rd., Kahului, 893-0026. $ Biwon Restaurant - Authentic Korean food.

10 a.m.-10 p.m., lunch and dinner. 752 Lower Main, Wailuku, 244-7788. $ Brooklyn Café - Plate lunches and snacks.

Open Mon-Fri, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Corner of Market and Main, Wailuku, 877-4950. $ Café Marc Aurel - Coffeehouse, wine bar. MonSat, 6:45 a.m.-10 p.m. or later, 28 N. Market Street, Wailuku, 244-0852. $$ Cupie’s Drive-In - Local lunch take-out. Mon, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; Tue-Sat, 9 a.m.-9 p.m. 134 W. Kamehameha Ave., Kahului, 877-3055. $ Da Kitchen - Local fast food. Mon-Fri, 11 a.m.8 p.m.; 11 a.m.-3 p.m. 425 Koloa St., Kahului, 871-7782. $ Da Sushi Bar - Full menu and a variety of sushi.

Open 11 a.m.- 2:30 p.m. and 5-9 p.m. Fri-Sat, 5 p.m.-12 a.m. 333 Dairy Rd., Kahului, 877-4849. $$ Denny’s - Open 24 hours, serving breakfast, lunch or dinner. 430 Kele St., Kahului, 873-5550. $ Dragon Dragon Chinese Restaurant - Kung Pao Chicken, Crispy Gau Gee Mein and Honey Walnut Prawns. 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m., 5 p.m.-9 p.m.

Maui Mall, Kahului, 893-1628. $ Dish - Every month you choose 12 meals to make at home. Wed-Sat. Mon-Fri, 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m.150 Hana Hwy., Kahului, 877-1414. $$ Dunes Restaurant - Contemporary local cuisine.

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2050 Main St., Wailuku, 244-8282. $ Ichiban Restaurant and Sushi Bar Japanese and local cuisine. 7 a.m.-2 p.m., 5 p.m.-9 p.m. Kahului Shopping Center, 871-6977. $$ Ichiban Okazuya Hawaii - Local. 10 a.m.-2 p.m., 4 p.m.-7 p.m. 2133 Kaohu, Wailuku, 2447276. $ IHOP - American. Sun-Thu, 6 a.m.-12 a.m.; FriSat, 6 a.m.-2 a.m. Maui Mall, Kahului, 871-4000. $ Kahili - Lunch with a view, served from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. 2500 Honoapiilani Hwy., Waikapu, 2426000. $$ Koho Grill & Bar - American. Open daily at 7 a.m. 275 Kaahumanu Ave., Queen Ka’ahumanu Center, 877-5588.

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Mon through Sat. 52 N. Market Pl., Kahului, 243-5696. $ Krispy Kreme - Warm, tasty glazed doughnuts. Su-Th 5:30 a.m.-10 p.m., Fr-Sa 5:30 a.m.-12 a.m. 433 Kele St., Kahului, 893-0883. $ Little Ceasar Pizza Station - Fast food. 424 Dairy Rd., Kahului, 871-1566. $ L&L Drive In - Local. Fr-Sa 8 a.m.-10 p.m., Su-Th 8 a.m.9 p.m. Wailuku Town Center, 242-1380.

Mama Ding’s Pasteles - Specialty breads and pastries.

Open 7 a.m.-2 p.m. 255 Alamaha, Kahului, 877-5796. $ Manaña Garage - Latin-American cuisine with unique and colorful decor. Cool, quaint bar. Daily 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Su-Th 5 p.m.-9 p.m., Fr-Sa 5 p.m.-10:30 p.m. 33 Lono St., Kahului, 873-0220. $$ Marco’s Grill Deli - Italian. 7:30 a.m.-10 p.m. 444 Hana Hwy., Kahului, 877-4446. $$ Matsu Restaurant - Japanese. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. 161 Alamaha St., Kahului. 871-0822.

Maui Bake Shop - French bakery, deli. 6:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. 2092 Vineyard, Wailuku, 242-0064. $ Maui Coffee Roasters - Coffeehouse, deli. M-F 7 a.m.-6 p.m., Sa 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Su 8 a.m.-2:30 p.m.444 Hana Hwy., Kahului, 877-CUPS. $ Maui Beach Hotel - Buffet-style restaurant featuring different foods each night of the week. 170 Ka’ahumanu Ave., Kahului, 877-0051. $$ Maui Mix Plate - Traditional foods of the groups who call Hawai’i home. 9 a.m.-9 p.m. 70 Ka’ahumanu Ave, Kahului, 877-0706. $ Maui Tacos - Mexican-Island fast food. 9:30 a.m.-9 p.m. Queen Ka’ahumanu, Kahului, 871-7726. $ Mercado - Latin market. Open Mon-Fri, 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m. 325 Hukilike St., Kahului, 871-5067. $ Mike’s Restaurant - Chinese, local. Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. 1900 E. Main St., Wailuku, 244-7888. $ Piñata’s - Fresh and wholesome Mexican food from Kitchen Sink burritos to quesadillas. 10:30 a.m.-8 p.m.

395 Dairy Rd., Kahului, 877-8707. $ Pulehu BBQ - Local plate lunches with a Southern smokehouse twist. 11 a.m.-7 p.m. 1500 Lower Main St., Wailuku, 244-4049 or 244-6159. $ Rosie’s - Local. 8 a.m.-close. 1322 Lower Main St., Wailuku, 242-1471. $ Ruby’s - American ‘50s cafe. Su-Th 7 a.m.-9 p.m., FrSa 7 a.m.-10 p.m. Queen Ka`ahumanu Center, Kahului, 248-7829. $ Saeng’s Thai Cuisine - Vegetarian, meat and seafood Thai entrees in a casual garden setting. 11 a.m.-2 p.m., 5 p.m.-9:30 p.m. 2119 Vineyard, Wailuku, 244-1567. $$ Saigon Cafe - Delicious and affordable Vietnamese cuisine with excellent service. 10 a.m.-9:30 p.m. 1792 Main, Wailuku, 243-9560. $$ Sam Sushi - Japanese. Open Mon-Fri, 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sat, 5-9 p.m. 1951 E. Vineyard St., Wailuku, 2492420. $$ Sheik’s Restaurant - Local favorites. 6 a.m.-10 p.m. 97 Wakea Ave., Kahului, 877-0121. $ Simply Healthy Cafe - Healthy Hawaiian food. Open 11 am - 2 pm, M-F 95 Mahalani St.,Cameron Center, Wailuku. 249-8955. $ Simply Sweets Bakery - Bakery, deli. Mon-Thu, 7 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; Fri, 7 a.m.-6:30 p.m; Sat, 7 a.m.- 4 p.m.

150 Hana Hwy., Kahului, 893-0700. $ Siu’s Chinese Kitchen - Chinese. 9 a.m.-8 p.m. 70 E. Ka’aumanu Ave., Maui Mall, 871-0828. $ Squeaky’s Family Restaurant - American. 8 a.m.-3 p.m., 4 p.m.-9 p.m. 197 N. Market St., Wailuku, 244-4100. $ Stillwell’s Bakery & Cafe - Desserts, breads, sandwiches, salads and soups. Open 6 a.m.-4 p.m.

Mon-Sat. 1740 Ka’ahumanu Ave., Wailuku, 243-2243. $ Sushi Go - Conveyor-belt sushi! Queen Ka'ahumanu Center, Kahului, M-Sa 11 a.m.-9 p.m., Su 11 a.m.-8 p.m. 877-8744. $ Sub Paradise - Sandwiches, salads. Open Mon-Fri, 7 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sat, 7 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun, 7 a.m.-4 p.m.

395 E. Dairy Rd, Kahului, 877-8779.

Takamiya Market - Plate lunches, corned beef, sashimi, salads. 5:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. 359 N. Market St., Wailuku, 244-3404. $

Tasty Crust - Local-style cuisine since 1944. Su, TuTh 6 a.m.-11 p.m., Fr-Sa 6 a.m.-10 p.m., M 6 a.m.-3 p.m. 1770 Mill, Wailuku, 244-0845. $ Tiffany’s - Featuring 103 items of local and Asian entrees. Featuring DJ and Karaoke. Open 10:30-2 a.m.

1424 Lower Main St. Wailuku, 249-0052. $ Tin Ying Chinese Restaurant - Buffet style lunch take-out, as well as sit-down dining. 10 a.m.-10 p.m.

1088 Lower Main St., Wailuku, 242-4371. $ Tokyo Tei - Teriyaki beef and fish, tempura, katsu, saimin and more. 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m., 5 p.m.-8:30 p.m. 1063 E. Lower Main St., Wailuku, 242-9630. $ Valley Isle Seafood - Known for their luau stew, along with several choices of seafood. M-F 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Sa 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Su 11 a.m.-3 p.m. 475 Hukilike St., Kahului, 873-4847. $ Wei Wei BBQ & Noodle House - Affordable Chinese cuisine, delicious noodle dishes. 9:30 a.m.-9 p.m. 210 Imikala St., Wailuku, 242-7928. $ Wow-Wee Maui Cafe - Unique candy bars, ice cream shakes, bagels, coffees, sandwiches and soups. 6 a.m.-9 p.m. 333 Dairy Rd., Kahului, 871-1414. $

SOUTH MAUI Alexander’s Fish & Chips - Take-out seafood, chicken, ribs. 11 a.m.-9 p.m. 1913 S. Kihei Rd., 8740788. $ Amigo’s - Authentic Mexican food. 9 a.m.-9 p.m. daily. 41 E. Lipoa St., Kihei, 879-9952. $

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Antonio’s - Italian cuisine in a cozy atmosphere. 5 p.m.-9 p.m. 1215 S. Kihei Rd., 875-8800. $$ Aroma D’Italia Ristorante - Southern Italian cuisine and full wine list. Open Mon-Sat, 5-9 p.m. 1881 S. Kihei Rd., 879-0133. $$ Ashley’s South Shore Cafe - Burgers, local plates, fresh island fish, comfort foods and sandwiches. M-Sa 7 a.m.-8 p.m., Su 8 a.m.-2 p.m. 362 Hukulii Pl. (behind Tesoro gas station), Kihei, 874-8600. $ BadaBing! - Italian. 11 a.m.-10 p.m. 1945 S. Kihei Rd., 875-0188. $$ Beach ’n Bagels Cafe - Flavored cream cheeses, smoked salmon, sandwiches, salads, smoothies and coffee drinks. 7 a.m.-2:30 p.m. 2395 S. Kihei Rd., Dolphin Plaza, 875-7668. $ Big Wave Cafe - Pacific Rim cuisine. 7:30 a.m.-9 p.m. 1215 S. Kihei Rd., 891-8688. $ Bistro Molokini - California, Island cuisine.

Poolside. 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m. Grand Wailea, 875-1234. $$ Bocalino Bistro & Bar - Mediterranean cuisine. Late night menu served until 1 a.m. 1279 S. Kihei Rd., 8749299. $$ Blue Marlin Harbor Front Grill & Bar - Get amazing seafood, steaks, sandwiches, pizza and sushi.

11 a.m-9 p.m. Ma’alaea Harbor Village, 244-8844. $$ Buzz’s Wharf - Steaks, seafood and more. 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Ma’alaea Harbor Village, 244-5426. $$ Cafe Kiowai - Authentic Japanese fare according to centuries-old tradition. 6 a.m.-11 a.m. 5400 Makena Alanui, Maui Prince Hotel, 874-1111. $$

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DININGLISTINGS Caffe Ciao - Italian cuisine baked in a Kiawe wood oven. 12 p.m.-3 p.m., 5:30 p.m.-10 p.m. The Fairmont Kea Lani, Wailea, 875-4100. $$ Capische? - Contemporary Italian with a twist and an extensive wine list. 5:30 p.m.-10 p.m.

Wailea Diamond Resort, 879-2224. $$$ Cyberbean Internet Cafe - Gourmet coffee, espressos, cappucinos, lattes, sandwiches, smoothies and salads. M-Sa 7 a.m.-9 p.m., Su 8 a.m.-8 p.m. 1881 S. Kihei, 879-4799. $ Da Kitchen - Huge portions of local Hawaiian food. 9 a.m.-9 p.m. 2439 S. Kihei Rd., 875-7782. $ Denny’s - Open 24 hours for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Open 24 hours. 2763 S. Kihei Rd., 879-8600. $ Dina’s Sandwitch - Deli sandwiches, salads, hot dogs, potato salad and saimin. Open 11 a.m.-10 p.m. 145 N. Kihei Rd, 879-3262. $ Enrique’s Restaurant - Mexican food with vegetarian items. Open Mon-Sat, 10 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sun, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. 2395 S. Kihei Rd., 875-2910. $ Ferraro’s - Gourmet Italian cuisine oceanfront with live violin and guitar. 11:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., 5:30 p.m.-9 p.m. Four Seasons Resort Wailea, 874-8000. $$$ Fiesta Time - Superior Mexican taqueria. 11 a.m.8 p.m. 300 Ma’alaea Rd., Ma’alaea, 244-5862. $ Five Palms Restaurant - Local produce and fish featuring Pacific Rim seafood. Open 8 a.m.9 p.m. 2960 S. Kihei Rd., 879-2607. $$ Hawaiian Moons Natural Foods - A fantastic salad bar and healthy natural foods. 8 a.m.-9 p.m. 2411 S. Kihei Rd., 875-4356. $ Horhitos Mexican Cantina - Burritos, salads and “food for gringos.” Open 5 p.m. to 2 a.m.

Mon.-Sat. 41 E. Lipoa St., Kihei, 891-MEXI. $ Humuhumunukunukuapua’a - Hawaiian and Polynesian cuisine oceanside. 5 p.m.-9:30 p.m.

Grand Wailea Resort, 875-1234 ext. 4900. $$$ Jawz Tacos - Island-style tacos and burritos.

11 a.m.-9 p.m. 1280 S. Kihei Rd., 874-TACO. $ Joy’s Place - Organic foods that are low fat, low salt and wheat free. Open Mon thru Sat, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 1993 S. Kihei Rd., 879-9258. $ Keoki’s Fish ‘N Chips - Ono Fish & Chips.

Open for breakfast at 7 a.m. Kukui Mall, next to Starbucks, 891-1400. $ Kihei Caffe - Breakfast and lunch with lanai seating, hearty portions, tasty sandwiches, huli chicken and fresh fish. 5 a.m.-2 p.m. 1945 S. Kihei Rd., 8792230. $ L&L Drive In - Local. 4:30 a.m.-9 p.m. Piilani Village Center, Kihei. 875-8898.

Life’s A Beach - Nachos, burritos, prime rib and grilled mahi mahi and lunch specials. 11 a.m.-2 a.m.

1913 S. Kihei Rd., 891-8010. $ Longhi’s Wailea - Seafood, meat and pasta entrees with many not listed on the menu. M-F 8 a.m.-10 p.m., Sa-Su 7:30 a.m.-10 p.m. 3750 Wailea Alanui Dr., 8918883. $$$ LuLu’s - Ribs, burgers, chicken wings, Black ‘n Blue Ahi and more in a fun, upbeat tiki-fied atmosphere. 11 a.m.-2 a.m.1941 S. Kihei Rd., 879-9944. $ Ma’alaea Waterfront Restaurant - Seafood and continental cuisine. Open daily from 5 p.m. Milowai Condominium, 50 Hauoli St., 244-9028. $$ Marco’s South Side Grill - Beautiful setting complements the hearty Italian food and excellent wines.

7:30 a.m.-10 p.m. 1445 S. Kihei Rd., 874-4041. $$ Maui Espresso & Shave Ice - Finest Hawaiian shave ice, coffee, fruit smoothies and shakes. 6:30 a.m.-6 p.m. 2439 S. Kihei Rd., 874-0414. $ Maui Tacos - Chargrilled steak, chicken and seafood marinated in juices and island spices. 9 a.m.-9 p.m. 2411 S. Kihei Rd., Kamaole Beach Center, 879-5005. $ Mulligan’s On the Blue - Maui’s authentic Irish pub, plenty o’ Irish food, whiskey and beer. 7 a.m.-2 a.m. 100 Kaukahi St., Wailea, 874-1131. $ Nick’s Fishmarket - Fine dining in open air and elegance with amazing seafood dishes and fresh fish. 5:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m. Fairmont Kea Lani, Wailea, 879-7224. $$$ OutBack Steak House - Quality steaks, shrimp-onthe-barbie, and the Bloomin’ Onion. Open 4-10 p.m. 281 Pi’ikea Ave, Kihei, 879-8400. $$ Pita Paradise - Good food served fast. Serving up a mean Mediterranean-style “gyro,” salads and wraps. MSa 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m., 5 p.m.-9:30 p.m. Kihei Kalama Village Center, 875-7679. $ The Place - Eclectic. 11 a.m.-3:30 p.m., 5 p.m.-9:30 p.m. 300 Ma’alaea Rd., Ma’alaea, 243-2206. $$ Royal Thai Cuisine - Thai food with a large selection of vegetarian dishes. 11 a.m.-3 p.m., 4:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m. 1280 S. Kihei Rd., 874-0813. $ Roy’s Bar & Grill - Hawaiian fusion entrees. 5:30 p.m.-10 p.m. Pi’ilani Shopping Center, 303 Pi’ikea Ave., Kihei, 891-1120. $$$ Sansei Restaurant - Japanese-based Pacific Rim dining, sushi bar and late night menu. 1881 S. Kihei Rd., 879-0004. $$ K Sarento’s on the Beach - Contemporary dining near the water’s edge. Italian cuisine, very romantic.

5:15 p.m.-9:30 p.m. 2980 S. Kihei Rd., 875-7555. $$$ Seawatch - Hawai’i regional cuisine. Open for breakfast and lunch 8 a.m-3 p.m, dinner 5:30 p.m. 100 Wailea Golf Club Drive, Wailea, 875-8080. $$

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Shabu Shabu Toji - Healthy and delicious Japanese style fondue. Open for lunch Wed-Fri; dinner 5:30-9:30 p.m. nightly. 1280 S. Kihei Rd., 875-8366. $ Spago - Gourmet cuisine as presented by worldfamous chef-owner Wolfgang Puck. 5:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m. Four Seasons Resort Wailea, 874-8000. $$$ Spices - Steak, seafood and more! The Maui Coast Hotel, 2259 S. Kihei Rd., 891-8860. $$$ Stella Blues Cafe - Healthy, quality food in a casual, homestyle setting. Breakfast, lunch and dinner with daily specials. 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m., 5 p.m.-10 p.m. 1279 S. Kihei Rd., 874-3779. $$ South Shore Tiki Lounge - Killer burgers, sausage sandwiches, mai-tais and pizza. Open 11 a.m.-2 a.m., serving food 'till midnight! Kihei Kalama Village, 874-6444. $ Sports Page Bar & Grill - Over 100 menu items, including half-pound burgers and deli sandwiches.

Open 11 a.m.-2 a.m. 2411 S. Kihei Rd., 879-0602. $ Sunset Mixed Grill - Local, Japanese and Chinese cuisine, along with some Korean dishes. Open 10 a.m.-9 p.m. BYOB. 2395 S. Kihei Rd. 891-1991. $ Tastings Wine Bar & Grill - Savory and sweet nibbles and an excellent wine list. Open Tue-Sun, from 5 p.m. 1913 S. Kihei Rd., Kihei, 879-8711. $$ Tommy Bahama’s Tropical Cafe - Island luxury in ambience and cuisine. Su-M 11 a.m.-11 p.m., tu-Sa 11 a.m.-11 p.m. The Shops at Wailea, 875-9983. $$ Vietnamese Cuisine - Hawaiian Opakapaka filet, soft shell crab, New York steak. Open 10:30 a.m.-9:30 p.m. Azeka Place I, Kihei, 875-2088. $$ Yorman’s By The Sea - Southern Pacific cuisine with a blend of cajun and tropical flare. Open 5-10 p.m.

Music nightly. 760 S. Kihei Rd., Kihei, 874-8385. $$ K

UPCOUNTRY Anthony’s Coffee Company - Espresso bar, sandwiches, ice cream. 5:30 a.m.-6 p.m. 90 Hana Hwy., Paia, 579-8340. $ Aha ’Aina - Large variety of omelets, island fish, chicken katsu. Tue-Sat, 7 a.m.-2 p.m.; Sun, 7 a.m.-1 p.m. 7 Aewa Place, Pukalani, 572-2395. $$ Café 808 - Local diner-style. Open daily from 6 a.m.8 p.m. 4566 Lower Kula Rd., Kula, 878-6874. $ Cafe Del Sol - Sandwiches and fresh fish. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. 3620 Baldwin Ave., Makawao, 572-4877. $ Café Des Amis - Delicious crepes and Mediterranean fare.

8:30 a.m.-8:30 p.m. 42 Baldwin Ave., Paia, 579-6323. $ Café Mambo - Mediterranean and Mexican cuisine with Moorish influences. 8 a.m.-9 p.m. BYOB. 30 Baldwin Ave., Paia, 579-8021. $ Cakewalk Paia Bakery - High quality baked goods, sandwiches and specialty cakes. 7 a.m.-5 p.m. 100 Baldwin Ave., Paia, 579-8770. $ Casanova - Fine Italian dining at night and Makawao’s favorite deli by day. 11:30 a.m.-9:30 p.m.

1188 Makawao Ave., 572-0220. $$ Charley’s Restaurant & Saloon - Hearty and healthy grub from breakfast to dinner. 142 Hana Hwy., Paia, 579-9453. $ K Colleen’s - 1940s-style urban bistro serving breakfast, lunch and dinner from 6 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. daily. Haiku Cannery, 575-9211. $$ Fresh Mint - Vietnamese vegetarian cuisine. Open daily 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Catering and take-out available.

115 Baldwin Ave., Paia, 579-9144. $ Hali`imaile General Store - Gourmet dining in a charming atmosphere. 900 Hali`imaile Rd, 572-2666. $ Hana Hou Cafe - Hawaiian homestyle cooking with aloha-filled ambience and local musicians. 810 Haiku Rd., Haiku Cannery, 575-2661. $ Island Tacos - Fresh fish, beef and chicken tacos. Daily from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. 810 Haiku Rd., Haiku Cannery. $ Jacque’s Northshore Bistro - Tropical yet festive atmosphere with a sushi bar, indoor and lanai dining.

120 Hana Hwy., Paia, 579-8844. $$ Kimura Saimin Shop - Casual, simple, affordable menu. 810 Haiku Rd., Haiku Cannery, 575-5228. $ Kitada’s - Saimin, teriyaki beef, hamburger steak, tofu. 3617 Baldwin Ave., Makawao, 572-7241. $ Kula Lodge & Restaurant - Upcountry’s familystyle restaurant with sweeping views of the island.

Haleakala Highway, 878-1535. $ La Provence - French-style bistro and patisserie with lanai. Open Wed thru Sun, 8:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. 3158 Lower Kula Rd., 878-1313. $$ Livewire Cafe - Gourmet desserts, coffee drinks. Open 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sun thru Thu; 6 a.m. to midnight Fri and Sat. 137 Hana Highway, Paia, 579-6009. $ Lynne’s Cafe - Affordable homestyle local food. 810 Kokomo Rd., Haiku, 575-9363. $ Makawao Steak House - Daily fish preparations and salad bar. 3612 Baldwin Ave., Makawao, 572-8711. $$ Mama’s Fish House - Fresh fish at “Maui’s favorite restaurant.” 799 Poho Pl., Kuau, 579-8488. $$$ Maui’s Best Tamales & Local Food - Authentic, fresh and tasty Mexican cuisine. 81 Makawao Ave., Pukalani Square, 573-2998. $ Milagros Food Co. - South American cuisine with an island influence. 3 Baldwin St., Paia, 579-8755. $ Moana Bakery & Cafe - Pacific Rim dining for vegetarians and meat eaters. 71 Baldwin Ave., Paia, 579-9999. $ Pa`ia Fish Market - The hot spot for seafood lovers without the upscale pocket. 2A Baldwin Ave., Paia, 579-8030. $ Pauwela Cafe & Bakery - Healthy, low-fat deli cuisine and daily fresh baked goods. Open 7 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

375 W. Kuiaha Rd., Haiku, 575-9242. $ Polli’s Mexican Restaurant - Paniolo country’s premier Mexican cantina, with nachos, burritos, ensaladas.

1202 Makawao Ave., 572-7808. $ Vasi Gourmet - The best cakes and pastries around.

Open 8 a.m.-8 p.m. 810 Kokomo Rd., Haiku Marketplace, 575-9588. $

Veg Out - Vegan and vegetarian food, from Mexican, Italian and Far East influences. 810 Kokomo Rd., Haiku, 575-5320. $

WEST MAUI Alexander’s Fish & Chips - Seafood, chicken, ribs.

840 Wainee St., Lahaina Square, 667-9009. $ Aloha Cantina - Local food. 222 Papalaua St., Lahaina. $ Aloha Mixed Plate - Experience the traditional foods of the varied ethnic groups who call Hawai’i home. 1285 Front St., Lahaina, 661-3322. $ Athens Greek Restaurant - Affordable and authentic gyros, shish kebab, falafel and more.

Lahaina Cannery Mall, 661-4300. $ The Bakery - Freshly baked breads and pastries.

Soup and sandwiches available. 991 Limahana Pl., Lahaina, 667-9062. $ Ba-Le - French Vietnamese sandwiches, noodle dishes, pho, saimin and more. Wide variety of tapioca.

Lahaina Cannery Mall, 661-5566. $ Bamboo Bar & Grill - Vietnamese, Thai and sushi.

11 a.m.-11 p.m. 505 Front St., Lahaina, 667-4051. $ Banyan Tree - Pacific cuisine with a Hawaiian twist.

Ritz Carlton Kapalua, 669-6200. $$$ Basil Tomato’s Italian Grill - Specializing in Northern Italian cuisine. 2780 Keka’a Dr., Ka’anapali, 662-3210. $$ BJ’s Chicago Pizzeria - Deep-dish specialty pizzas and homemade Pizookies with live music nightly. 730 Front St., 661-0700. $ Blue Lagoon - Island cuisine, surrounded by waterfalls and palm trees. Wharf Cinema Center, Lahaina, 661–8141. $ Breakwall Cafe - Coffeehouse with snacks. Open daily 7 a.m.-2 p.m. 505 Front St., Lahaina, 661-7220. $ Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. - Southern foods with “Forrest Gump” theme. 889 Front St., Lahaina, 6613111. $$ Cafe O’Lei - Oceanfront dining featuring light and healthy yet hearty gourmet lunch and dinner. 839 Front St., Lahaina, 661-9491. $$ Canoes - Polynesian-American. Open 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. and 5-9 p.m. 1450 Front St., Lahaina, 661-0937. $$ Captain Dave Fish & Chips - American. 126 Lahainaluna Rd., Lahaina, 667-6700. $ Castaway Cafe - Beachside, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. Maui Kaanapali Villas & Resort, 6619091. $ Cilantro - Fresh Mexican Grill island fish, tacos and burritos. 170 Papalaua St., Lahaina, 667-5444. $ Cheeseburger in Paradise - American. 8 a.m.-10 p.m.

811 Front St., Lahaina, 661-4855. $ Chez Paul Restaurant - Fine dining French cuisine, open for dinner only. 820 Olowalu Rd., Olowalu, 6613843. $$$ K China Boat - The best Mandarin Szechwan cuisine on Maui, open for lunch and dinner. 4474 L. Honoapiilani Road, 669-5089. $ CJ’s Deli & Diner - Reasonably priced comfort foods. Open daily. 2580 Keka’a Dr., Fairway Shops, Ka’anapali, 667-0968. $ Coconut Grove - Steak, seafood and other island favorites. Next to Lahaina Cannery Mall. Open 5:30-9 p.m. 1312 Front Street, Lahaina, 661-5648.

Comercial Mexicana Store - Authentic Mexican food. Open everyday 10 a.m.-9 p.m. 840 Wainee St., Lahaina, 661-6193. $ Compadres Bar & Grill - Western cooking with a Mexican accent. Lahaina Cannery Mall, 661-7189. $ Cool Cat Cafe - 1950s-style dinner. Food served 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Wharf Cinema, Lahaina, 667-0908. $ K Curry-In-A-Hurry - Vegetarian curry dishes. Open TueSat, 11:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m. 840 Wainee St., Lahaina Square, 661-4370. $ David Paul’s Lahaina Grill - Fine Pacific Rim cuisine in the intimate dining room. 127 Lahainaluna, Lahaina, 667-5117. $$$ K Dollie’s Pub & Cafe - Pizza, sandwiches, salads and full bar. Open daily 11 a.m. to midnight. 4310 L. Honoapi’ilani Hwy., Kahana Manor Shops, 669-0266. $ Feast At Lele - A royal tour of the cuisine of Polynesia. 505 Front St., Lahaina, 667-5353. $$$ Fish & Game Brewing Co. & Rotisserie - Maui’s own restaurant brewery, with rotisserie grill. 4405 Honoapi’ilani Hwy., Kahana, 669-3474. $$ Fish Market - Fresh Fish. 10 a.m.-8 p.m. 3600 L.Honoapi’ilani Rd., Honokawai. 661-9888. $ Gaby’s Pizzeria - Casual Italian dining with pizza and pasta. Open 11 a.m. to 12 a.m. daily. 505 Front St., Lahaina, 661-8112. $ Gazebo Restaurant - Full breakfast and lunch menu, casual atmosphere and beautiful oceanside setting. 5315 Lower Honoapi’ilani Rd, Napili, 669-5621. $ Gerard’s - Fine French dining in downtown Lahaina.

174 Lahainaluna, Lahaina, 661-8939. $$$ Giovani’s Tomato Pie Ristorante - Fine Italian dining located. Open for dinner. 2291 Ka’anapali Pkwy., 661-3160. $$ Hard Rock Cafe - Good American food at decent prices amongst rock ‘n roll memorabilia. 900 Front St., Lahaina, 667-7400. $ Hawaiian Village Coffee - Old Hawaiian-style coffeehouse. Open 5:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. 4405 Honoapi’ilani Hwy., 665-1114. $ Hecocks - Italian restaurant and cocktail lounge oceanside. 505 Front St., Lahaina, 661-8810. $$ K House of Saimin - Ono homemade saimin, chicken sticks, and haupia pie. Old Lahaina Center, 667-7572. $ Hula Grill - Barefoot bar and beachside dining, 1940sstyle. Whaler’s Village, Ka’anapali, 667-6636. $$

DININGLISTINGS i`o - Pacific Rim cuisine among awesome sunset views. 505 Front St., Lahaina, 661-8422. $$$ Island Taco - The best soft shell tacos ever! Open very late night, next to Paradice Bluz. 744 Luakini St., Lahaina. $ Java Jazz/Soup Nutz - Coffee bar and cafe with great food. 3350 Lower Honoapi’ilani Rd., Honokowai, 667-0787. $ Jonny’s Burger Joint - American-Mexican food served to midnight. 2395 Honoapi’ilani Hwy., Ka’anapali, 661-4500. $ Kahuna Kabob - Soups, brown rice, veggies and kabobs. Lahaina Marketplace, 661-9999. $ K Kimo’s - Fresh fish, prime rib and their famous Hula Pie. 845 Front St., Lahaina, 661-4811. $$ Kobe - Japanese Steak House and Oku’s Sushi Bar. Open 5:30-10 p.m.; Sushi 5:30-11:30 p.m.

136 Dickenson St., Lahaina, 667-5555. $$ L&L Drive In - Local. 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Lahaina Cannery mall. 1221 Honoap’ilani Rd. 661-9888.

Lahaina Coolers - Eclectic American, with late night menu. 180 Dickenson St., Lahaina, 6617082. $ Lahaina Fish Co. - Pacific Rim specialties prepared with fresh island fish. 831 Front St., Lahaina, 661–3472. $ Lahaina Store Grille & Oyster Bar Cosmopolitan. 11 a.m.-10 p.m. 744 Front St., Lahaina, 661-9090. $$ Leilani’s On The Beach - Relaxed beachfront dining, specializing in fresh seafood and Pacific Rim cuisine. 2435 Ka’anapali Pkwy., 661-4495. $$

Livewire Cafe - Gourmet desserts, coffee drinks, smoothies. Open 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Mon-Sun. 612 Front St., Lahaina, 661-4213. $ Longhi’s - Elegant fine dining with pasta, seafood and steaks. 888 Front St., Lahaina, 667-2288. $$$ MaLa - Oceanfront dining and organic whole grains cuisine.1307 Front St., Lahaina, 667-9394. $$ Mama’s Ribs & Rotisserie - Serving ribs and roasted chicken, BBQ baked beans, coleslaw and macaroni salad. Napili Plaza, 665-6262. $ Mango Cafe - Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

American cusine, along with some local favorites. Full bar Nightly specials. 7:30 a.m.-10 p.m. 2290 Ka’anapali Pkwy., 667-1929. $$ K Maui Sushi - Full sushi bar inside Bamboo Bar and Grill. 5-11 p.m. 505 Front St, Lahaina. 281-2775. $ Maui Tacos - Chargrilled steak, chicken and seafood marinated in pineapple, juices and island spices.

Lahaina Square, 661-8883; Napili Square, 665-0222. $ Mercado - Latino/Mexican market. Open Mon-Fri, 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m. 3636 L. Honoapi’ilani Hwy., Honokowai, 665-5900. $ Michael Anthony’s Pizza - Gourmet pizza delivery from Lahaina to Kapalua. 5 p.m.-close. 669-7499. $$ Moose McGillycuddy’s - American, bar. 844 Front St., Lahaina, 667-7758. $ Mr. Sub - Specialty sandwiches, salads and homemade soups. 129 Lahainaluna Rd., Lahaina, 667-5683. $ Nachos Grande - Fresh Mexican food, fast.

Vegetarian, too. Honokowai Marketplace, 662-0890. $ Nagasako Okazu-ya - Local deli. 7 a.m.-10 p.m. Old Lahaina Center, Lahaina, 661-0985. $ Nalu Sunset Bar & Sushi - Japanese. Maui Marriott, Ka’anapali, 667-1200 ext. 51. $$

Okazuya Deli - Quality Japanese plate lunch. Open 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and 4:30 to 9 p.m. 3600 Lower Honoapiilani Hwy., Honokowai, 665-0512. $ Ono’s Surf Bar & Grill - Reasonably priced tapas, Hawaiian style menu for dinner. 6:30 a.m.-10 p.m. The Westin Maui, Ka’anapali, 667-2525. $ Outback Steak House - Quality steaks, shrimp-on-thebarbie, and the Bloomin’ Onion. Open 4-10 p.m. nightly.

4405 Honoapi’ilani Hwy., Kahana, 665-1822. $$ Pacific’O - Elegant oceanfront contemporary Pacific cuisine. 505 Front St., Lahaina, 667-4341. $$$ Penne Pasta - Mark Ellman’s Italian bistro with pasta, pizza and salads. 180 Dickenson St., Lahaina, 661-6633. $ Pho Saigon 808 - Vietnamese cuisine, Saigon steaks, vegetarian delight. 658 Front St., Wharf Cinema Center, 661-6628. $ Pioneer Inn - Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, with live entertainment nightly. 659 Wharf St., Lahaina, 661-3636. $ Pad Thai - Thai, local. Open daily. 658 Front St., Lahaina. $ Pipeline Pizza - Fast food. Su-Th 8a.m.-9:30p.m., Fr-Sa 8a.m.-10p.m. 126 Lahainaluna Rd., Lahaina, 661-7888. $ Pizza Paradiso - Award-winning pasta dishes, salads and Greek gyros. Honokowai Marketplace, 667-2929. $ Plantation House - Hawaiian-Mediterranean cuisine. 2000 Plantation Club Dr., Kapalua, 669-6299. $ Quizno’s Subs - Toasted subs. Open Mon-Sat, 11 a.m.-9 p.m., Sun, 12-8 p.m. 170 Papalaua Street, Lahaina Mall, 667-5111. $ Reilley’s - Gourmet steaks and seafood. Open at 5:30 p.m. 4405 Honoapi`ilani Hwy., Kahana, 667-7477. $$$ Roy’s Bar & Grill - Hawaiian fusion entrees in an upbeat atmosphere. Open nightly from 5:30-10 p.m.

4405 Honoapi’ilani Hwy., Kahana, 669-6999. $$$

Rusty Harpoon Restaurant & Tavern American. Whalers Village, Ka’anapali, 661-3123. $$ Ruth’s Chris Steak House - USDA prime steak and fine wines. 5-10 p.m. 900 Front St., Lahaina, 661-8815. $$$ Sansei Seafood Restaurant & Sushi Bar Japanese, Island. 115 Bay Dr., Kapalua, 669-6286. $$ K Sea House Restaurant - Pacific-Rim, eclectic. 5900 Lwr. Honoapi`ilani Hwy., Napili, 669-1500. $$ Smoke House - BBQ, American. Open 11:30 a.m.10 p.m. 927 Wainee St., Lahaina, 667-7005. $ Spats Trattoria - Italian. Hyatt Regency, Ka’anapali, 667-4727. $$$ Sports Club Kahana Grill - Healthy deli. 4327 Lwr. Honoapi`ilani Rd., Kahana, 669-3539. $$ Sunrise Cafe - Casual and cozy outdoor lanai, serving American food from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. 693 Front St., Lahaina, 661-8558. $ Terrace Restaurant - Breakfast, 6:30-11 a.m. Ritz Carlton, Kapalua, 669-6200. $$$ Thai Chef - Thai food like you’ve never had it, with curry, Pad Thai, summer rolls and more. Old Lahaina Center, 667-2814. $ Tropica - Steaks and fresh fish. Open 5:30-9:30 p.m.

Westin Ka’anapali, 667-2525. $$ Vino - Comfort and contemporary cuisine. Open for dinner nightly from 5:30 p.m. Village Course Clubhouse, Kapalua, 661-8466. $$$ Vinny’s Pizza - Authentic New York style pizza, calzones and heros. Open daily, delivery 11 a.m.-10 p.m.

840 Wainee St., Lahaina Square, 661-6773. $ WM-The Restaurant - Metropolitan cuisine. Open daily, 5:30-10 p.m. 3350 L. Honoapi’ilani Rd., Honokowai, 667-7898. $$$ Zushi - Japanese. 811 Front St., Lahaina. 667-5142.

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Fa La La La La! Thursday, 6 p.m. at the Kalama Park Bandstand in Kihei

‘Tis Always the Season for Spinning!

[HOLIDAY MUSIC] For reasons that I’ve never really understood, people love to listen to bright, cheery tunes when the holidays roll around. Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Boxing Day and even Christmas all seem to elicit non-stop requests from people for all sorts of singing and carols. Why people would want to subject themselves to hours and hours of happy music during the holiday season mystifies and, frankly, troubles me.

Anyway, the county Department of Parks and Recreation, of all people, are even getting into the act by sponsoring a free Maui Community Band concert. Made up of 40 adults and students, the Maui Community Band will be playing all your favorite holiday tunes. For more information, call the parks and rec department at 270-8070.

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Thursday, Dec. 22, 10 p.m. at Casanova, Makawao [DANCE MUSIC] The Sunn Lounge is in effect, with DJ’s Sal (Maui), Max (Wisconsin, SF and Maui), Lucky Brown (Seattle, Maui) and VJ’s Haidai and Trevor. Time to shake off all those hours you’ve spent in traffic and waiting in long lines shopping, all that turkey and stuffing eatin’, with some good ole yuletide booty shakin’. You know, in some countries, dancing is considered good exercise. That is, of course, if you stop staring at that chick with the holly in her cleavage, get off your barstool and move your limbs around like a claymation reindeer. Just put one… foot in front… of the other! Yeah!

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Holy Hindu!

Friday, 7:30-9:30 p.m. at The Studio Maui, Haiku [SPIRITUAL MUSIC] Soul Bliss Xpansion is a “chant, dance, mantra, trance” event that features contemporary kirtan music with traditional Indian instruments as well as electric guitar, keyboards and special effects. Jagadeesh, Bhakta T and The Beat Miner aim to move your body and spirit with creatively rockin’ tribal trance grooves, and will even provide a chant sheet so you can follow along, as well as chai, raw treats and botanical elixirs catered by Shakti Living Foods. It’s a peaceful, healthy, alternative to the commercial aspects of the holidays, as well as a Hindu-rific way to celebrate the glory of upcountry yogis.

For as they say, “We Vishnu a hare Krishna and a happy new year!” $10. For info, call 575-9390.

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EAR SHOT Musical Comfort Food A bowl of Cheerios at midnight… A bologna sandwich on Wonder Bread with a slice of lettuce and a little mayo after school—These are comfort foods.

Everyone has a favorite simple little snack that fills that hole in your stomach like a final puzzle piece.

Satisfaction guaranteed.

I think the same applies to music. Whoever loves music, has to have a cherished stash of songs, albums or artists that will scratch that itch, put a smile on your face and a spring in your step. Musical Prozac, if you will.

These choices sometime stem from childhood and can often be embarrassing (e.g. Rush—Moving Pictures. Yeah, guilty). Their mood-enhancing power, though, cannot be denied.

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I found the Wes Anderson movie Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) to be a bit of a disappointment.

Fortunately, like a Phoenix rising from the ashes, Seu Jorges’ Portuguese covers of David Bowie tunes stole the show. Now they’re all finally on CD. Jorge has a couple of older albums and his sound is reminiscent of Caetano Velaso and Milton Nascimento. On this latest album, Jorge heats up the icy emotion of Bowie’s original songs with a little fiery island flavor.

The music is simultaneously exotic and familiar.

Jorge’s renditions of Bowie’s recognizable melodies are transformed. The listener knows the tunes but sung in Portuguese, they take on a different, alien quality, providing a mysterious and enjoyable juxtaposition. With just one man and a guitar, the sparse, bare-boned production exposes the seductively pretty chords that Bowie created. Bowie liked it so much, he wrote the liner notes for the album. —Hollywood Records 2005

BETA BAND “BEST OF THE BETA BAND”

(Complex, psychedelic whimsy, mixed with folk, funk and ambient sounds)

From the chilly streets of Edinburgh, Scotland comes The Beta Band. In 1997, three friends came together to form the band—vocalist Stephen Mason, drummer Robin Jones and DJ/sampler John Maclean.

Their songs usually start with simple, catchy campfire song arrangements and Mason’s earnest Scottishaccented vocals. Soon layers of textures and electronic beats build and overlap with one another. The lyrics float in, out and around the songs, sounding like the mantras of a dyslexic Zen poet. England’s (their “spiritual second home”) rain-soaked, charcoal gray atmosphere also filters through their music. If you enjoy the psychedelic and whimsical songs of the Beatles and Syd Barrett-era Pink Floyd, mixed with folk, funk and ambient sounds, pick this one up. — Astralwerks Records 2005

Andrew Shkolnik works at Request Records, 10 N. Market St., Wailuku, 244-9315, and is not really snobby but knows way more about music than is necessary. MTW

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Guerin, at work They say he never plays the same song twice. And yet, every Wednesday night at the Castle Theater, and every year for the FirstLight Film Festival, pianist Bruce Guerin warms up the theater audience with selections thematically befitting the upcoming movie.

“If it’s a French film,” he says, “I play French music. If it’s a film from Berlin… well, I play French music—I don’t know any German songs. No, I didn’t mean to say that!”

Born in 1919 in Hollywood, California, Guerin grew up in show business. His mom was a vaudeville dancer, his father a technical director for Republic Studios— then, a home-base movie studio for big names like John Wayne, Buster Keaton and W.C. Fields.

“I grew up seeing five movies a week,” Guerin says. “Every week!”

He still loves watching movies. Some of his favorites include Birdcage, most all of the classics (“Gone With the Wind wasn’t too bad”), In Harm’s Way (“a good war movie”)— but really, there are too many to mention.

When he was five, Guerin began taking piano lessons and continued on through high school. He attended music school at UCLA, and began getting gigs. But the jobs weren’t always piano related.

“Being in Hollywood,” says Guerin, “whether you like it or not, you find yourself in show business.”

Guerin’s made 13 movies—most from the early to mid 1920’s—including Parasite, The Salvation Hunters, Lover’s Lane, The Country Kid, Drifting, The

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During World War II, Guerin played all the big USO shows with Bob Hope, Betty Hutton and others. After the war, he went back to Hollywood, then took to the road with a “funny hat band”—a trio combining comedic shtick and serious musicianship.

He’s worked with string ensembles, quartets and accomplished singers. He even worked in Las Vegas for a couple of years, and became close friends with Liberace, a man Guerin says was “a good piano player and a great guy.”

By 1969, Guerin was in the best piano trio of Hollywood. But he decided to let it go and move to Honolulu. “I had to eat!” he says.

He worked for the Sheraton and eventually played the entire hotel circuit. He also worked 12 years at the Hyatt Regency in Ka’anapali.

“The other piano guy at the Hyatt, when guests used to ask him a song he didn’t recognize,” says Guerin, “he would tell them, ‘Come back tomorrow—Bruce will know.”

Years later, Guerin’s wife Lucille was volunteering at the MACC when she heard that Maui Film Festival co-director Barry Rivers was looking for a piano player. She immediately told her husband and he’s been the Cultural Center’s pianist now for four years.

“Besides that, he’s a real good dancer,” says Lucille, smiling.

When asked how many songs he thinks are in his repertoire, Guerin is unapologetically dismissive.

“I wouldn’t have a clue,” he says. “I have the capacity to remember a song I haven’t played in 30 years. Of course, I also open the icebox and can’t remember why all the time!” MTW

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EAR SHOT Musical Comfort Food A bowl of Cheerios at midnight… A bologna sandwich on Wonder Bread with a slice of lettuce and a little mayo after school—These are comfort foods.

Everyone has a favorite simple little snack that fills that hole in your stomach like a final puzzle piece.

Satisfaction guaranteed.

I think the same applies to music. Whoever loves music, has to have a cherished stash of songs, albums or artists that will scratch that itch, put a smile on your face and a spring in your step. Musical Prozac, if you will.

These choices sometime stem from childhood and can often be embarrassing (e.g. Rush—Moving Pictures. Yeah, guilty). Their mood-enhancing power, though, cannot be denied.

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I found the Wes Anderson movie Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) to be a bit of a disappointment.

Fortunately, like a Phoenix rising from the ashes, Seu Jorges’ Portuguese covers of David Bowie tunes stole the show. Now they’re all finally on CD. Jorge has a couple of older albums and his sound is reminiscent of Caetano Velaso and Milton Nascimento. On this latest album, Jorge heats up the icy emotion of Bowie’s original songs with a little fiery island flavor.

The music is simultaneously exotic and familiar.

Jorge’s renditions of Bowie’s recognizable melodies are transformed. The listener knows the tunes but sung in Portuguese, they take on a different, alien quality, providing a mysterious and enjoyable juxtaposition. With just one man and a guitar, the sparse, bare-boned production exposes the seductively pretty chords that Bowie created. Bowie liked it so much, he wrote the liner notes for the album. —Hollywood Records 2005

BETA BAND “BEST OF THE BETA BAND”

(Complex, psychedelic whimsy, mixed with folk, funk and ambient sounds)

From the chilly streets of Edinburgh, Scotland comes The Beta Band. In 1997, three friends came together to form the band—vocalist Stephen Mason, drummer Robin Jones and DJ/sampler John Maclean.

Their songs usually start with simple, catchy campfire song arrangements and Mason’s earnest Scottishaccented vocals. Soon layers of textures and electronic beats build and overlap with one another. The lyrics float in, out and around the songs, sounding like the mantras of a dyslexic Zen poet. England’s (their “spiritual second home”) rain-soaked, charcoal gray atmosphere also filters through their music. If you enjoy the psychedelic and whimsical songs of the Beatles and Syd Barrett-era Pink Floyd, mixed with folk, funk and ambient sounds, pick this one up. — Astralwerks Records 2005

Andrew Shkolnik works at Request Records, 10 N. Market St., Wailuku, 244-9315, and is not really snobby but knows way more about music than is necessary. MTW

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New This Week CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN II - (PG) - Family, Comedy - Sometimes I think Hollywood just wants me to feel like a bitch for ripping on every movie released, because they totally set me up to do so! Many people enjoyed the first time around with Steve Martin playing the hapless father of 12—I wasn’t one of them. Now, we all know that sequels usually aren’t as good as the originals so I’m going to just keep my comments to myself.

94 min. (Heidi King) FUN WITH DICK AND JANE - (PG13) Comedy, Adventure - One day after being promoted, Dick Harper (Jim Carrey) realizes he’s in the heart of an Enron-like scandal. With no stable source of income, Dick and his wife Jane (Tea Leoni) are forced to sell off their beloved plasma TV. After a series of crappy jobs and no hope of a new flat screen, the couple embark on a fullblown crime spree. There’s a moral lesson in all this but watching the couple make asses out of themselves is much more entertaining. 90 min.

(Ashley Fitch) MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA - (PG13) - Drama Based on the bestselling book by Arthur Golden about the journey of a peasant girl into one of Japan’s most notorious geishas. As long as you don’t think too much about the implications of the actresses not being Japanese, the movie is entertaining in that Hollywood-epic kind of way. The cinematography and costumes are predictably gorgeous, and the villainess is deliciously wicked.

145 min. (Samantha Campos) THE PRODUCERS - (PG13) - Comedy - The huge stars (Matthew Broderick, Nathan Lane) who brought this classic back on Broadway are now gettin’ it to the silver screen. Basically, two dudes try to make money off the inverstors of their play by creating a flop. I was sold as soon as I found out Will Ferrell has a part. I love that man.

Memoirs of a Geisha? No, silly—it’s Hilary Duff in Cheaper by the Dozen 2 Also stars Uma Thurman. 134 min. (HK) THE RINGER - (PG-13) - Comedy - This has all the makings of the greatest film of the year—maybe even the decade. Johnny Knoxville plays some guy who decides to enter the Special Olympics by pretending to be stupider than he actually is. Gold! 100 min. (Anthony Pignataro) RUMOR HAS IT - (PG13) - Comedy - Kevin Costner plays a guy suave enough to seduce a beautiful woman (Jennifer Aniston) as well as her Mother...and Grandma?!? Ew. Emotional distress ensues. 97 min. (HK) WOLF CREEK - (R) - Horror - Based on factual events, which are at the same time vague and intriguing. Three road trippers are having a blast in Australia...until something happens with their car and they decide to accept the help of a seemingly good citizen and perhaps seal their doom. Mwah hah hah ha! 99 min. (HK)

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CHICKEN LITTLE - (G) - Animated, Comedy Chicken Little is trying to mend his reputation. He’s already made an ass out of himself by falsely telling the whole town that the sky was falling and now is just trying to lay low. Unfortunately, he discovers that the sky really is going to fall and he and his misfit friends must get the whole town out of harm’s way. 96 min. (GP) THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA - (PG) - ActionAdventure, Fantasy - This story follows the exploits in World War II England of four Pevensie siblings who enter the world of Narnia through a magical wardrobe while playing a game of “hide and seek.” Once there, the children discover a charming, peaceful land inhabited by talking beasts, dwarfs, fauns, centaurs and giants that has become a world cursed to eternal winter by the evil White Witch. 140 min. (Kimberly L. Welch) THE FAMILY STONE - (PG13) - Comedy, Family - A Christmas flick chock full of movie stars. This one is garaunteed to make us all laugh, cry and walk out of the theatre holding hands. Maybe that’s taking it a step too far, but we’re definitely dealing with a predictable feelgood movie in the spirit of the holidays. 103 min. (HK) HARRY POTTER & THE GOBLET OF FIRE - PG Fantasy - Harry finds himself selected as an underaged competitor in a dangerous multi-wizardary school competition. Once again he is the center of controversy.

165 min. (GP) ICE HARVEST - (R) - Comedy - A successful mob lawyer and his partner attempt to steal 2 million dollars from a Kansas City boss. As they try to get out of town during a major storm, they begin to draw attention with their questionable behavior. 100 min. (GP) JUST FRIENDS - (PG-13) - Comedy - Home for the holidays, Chris is determined to get the girl of his dreams, Jamie, to see him as a sex object and not just a good friend. Sexual frustration ensues. 109 min. (GP) KING KONG - (PG13) - Action-Adventure - In a massive jungle on Skull Island, creatures from prehistoric times have been protected and hidden for millions of years. A group of nosy filmmakers discover a giant gorilla so of course they have to go on a great-ape search. But their quests puts them up against not only Kong but his dinosaur enemies, too. Yippee for them, a beautiul woman catches his eye so they can subdue him and take him back to New York. Why?! You know he’s just going to reek havoc on the city! See, you should have just left him alone. Starring Naomi Watts, Jack Black and Adrien Brody. 187 min. (KLW) PRIDE AND PREJUDICE - (PG) - Romance - From Jane Austen’s classic story of a boy and girl who pretend like they don’t like the other and meanwhile fall hopelessly in love. It goes to show that love conquers all. 126 min. (GP) RENT - (PG-13) - Musical, Drama - Young actors struggle to cover the cost of living in New York City while dealing with the rest of life’s challenges. A modern version of the opera La Boheme. 145 min. (GP) SYRIANA - (R) - Thriller, Drama - In a tangled mess of lies, deception and amoral realities George Clooney plays a moralistic CIA agent whose realizing that he’s dedicated his life to a less-than-honest career, while Matt Damon plays an oil broker who seeks redemption in a partnership with an idealistic Gulf prince (Alexander Siddig) as he questions his own life decisions through the agony of a family tragedy. 123 min. (Tallia Monterroso) WALK THE LINE - (PG-13) - Drama - Joaquin Phoenix stars in this look at the rise of the rebellious music icon Johnny Cash. Reese Witherspoon plays June Carter, the love of his life. Think Ray, but country. 135 min. (AP) YOURS, MINE AND OURS - (PG) - Comedy - A military man meets a hippy woman, they get married, then their combined 18 children must eithe radjust to a crowded lifestyle or break up the parents partnership.

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KA’AHUMANU 6 Queen Ka’ahumanu Shopping Center, 875-4910 Aeon Flux - PG-13 - Th-Fr (12:30, 2:50), 5:05, 7:20, 9:35, Sa (12:30, 2:50), 5:05, 7:20, Su-W (2:50), 5:05, 7:20, 9:35 Chicken Little - G - Th-Fr (12:55, 3), 5:10, 7:15, 9:15, Sa (12:55, 3), 5:10, 7:15,Su-W (12:55) Ice Harvest - R - Th-Fr (12:40, 2:45), 5, 7:30, 9:45, Sa (12:40, 2:45), 5, 7:30 Just Friends - PG-13 - Th only (12:35, 2:55), 5:15, 7:35, 10 Memoirs of a Geisha - PG13 - Fr, Su-W (11:40, 1:15, 2:40), 4:15, 5:35, 7:15, 8:30, 10:10, Sa (11:40, 1:15, 2:40), 4:15, 5:35, 7:15, 8:30 Producers - PG13 - Su-W (12:30), 4:05, 7, 9:55 Rent - PG-13 - Th only (1), 4:15, 7:10, 10:05 Rumor Has It - PG13 - Su-W (12:45, 3), 5:15, 7:30, 9:45 Walk the Line - R - Th-Fr (12:30), 4:05, 7:05, 9:55, Sa (12:30), 4:05, 7:05 Wolf Creek - R - Su-W (1, 3:15), 5:30, 7:45, 10

KUKUI MALL 1819 South Kihei Road, 875-4910 Cheaper by the Dozen 2 - PG - Th-Fr, Su-W (1:45), 4:45, 7:35, 9:40, Sa (1:45), 4:45, 7:45 Chronicles of Narnia - PG - Th-Fr, Su-W (1:30), 4:30, 7:20, 10:10, Sa (1:30), 4:30, 7:35 Harry Potter - PG13 - Th only (1:15), 4:15, 7:15, 10:15 King Kong - PG13 - Th-Fr, Su-W (1), 5, 8:45, Sa (1), 5, 8 Memoirs of a Geisha - PG13 - Fr, Su-W (1:15), 4:15, 7:10, 10:05, Sa (1:15), 4:15, 7:30

FRONT STREET THEATRE 900 Front St., Lahaina, 249-2222 Cheaper by the Dozen 2 - (PG) - Th-Fr M-W (1:15, 4:30), 7:15, 9:40, Sa (1:15), 4:30, 7:15, Su (1:15), 4:30, 7:15, 9:40 Chronicles of Narnia - PG - Th-Fr, M-W (1,4), 7, 10, Sa (1), 4, 7, Su (1), 4, 7, 10 Fun w/Dick & Jane - PG13 - Th-Fr (1:30, 4:15), 7:30, 9:35, Sa (1:30), 4:15, 7:30, Su (1:30), 4:45, 7:30, 9:35, M-W (1:30, 4:45), 7:30, 9:35 Rumor Has It - (PG13) - Su (1:45), 4:15, 7:45, 9:50, M-W (1:45, 4:15), 7:45, 9:50 Syriana - R - Th-Fr (12:45, 3:45), 6:45, 9:45, Sa (12:45), 3:45, 6:45

WHARF CINEMA CENTER 658 Front St., Lahaina, 249-2222 Aeon Flux - PG-13 - Th-Fr (4), 9:50, Sa 4 Family Stone - PG13 - Th-Fr (1:45), 4:15, 7, 9:30, Sa (11:15, 1:45), 4:15, 7, Su-M (11:15), 1:45, 4:15, 7:15, 9:45, Tu-W (1:45), 4:15, 7:15, 9:45 Harry Potter - PG-13 - Th-Sa (12), 6:45 King Kong - PG13 - Th-Fr (11:45, 3:45), 7:45, Sa (2:45), 6:45, Su-M (11:45), 3:45, 7:45, Tu-W (11:45, 3:45), 7:45 Wolf Creek - (R) - Su-M (11,1:30), 4, 7, 9:30, Tu-W (1:30, 4), 7, 9:30

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Soul Bliss Xpansion - Friday. This “Mantra Chant Trance Dance” includes the moving sounds of chanter and drummer Jaagdeesh, Bhakta T. and The Beat Miner. Enjoy Chai, raw treats and botanical elixirs. $10.

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Shankara - Saturday. It’s a Christmas Eve dance party! Trance rhythyms, live instruments and chants in four different languages. How could it be wrong? It’s a celebration! $15. 9:30 p.m., Casanova, 572-0220.

Ledward Kaapana - Wednesday. Masters of Hawaiian slack key guitar concert. Ledward Kaapana delights audiences with his easy-going style and rascal charm. He joins host George Kahumoku Jr, bringing his mastery of stringed instruments, particularly slack key guitar, and extraordinary baritone and falsetto voice.

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Michael Franti & Spearhead - Dec.30-31. A New Year’s celebration with special guests One at Last (formerly Lost at Last) with Jaya Lakshmi and Deva Priyo, along with the charismatic, outspoken, spectacular, musician/poet/activist Michael Franti and accompanied by the soulful, booty shaking, reggae, funky, jazzy, jam music of Spearhead. Tickets: (Dec.30) $30 adv. Gates open at 5 p.m.; (Dec. 31) $50 adv. Gates open at 6 p.m.

Discount for both shows $70, until Dec.25. Friday, 6 p.m.; Saturday, 7 p.m., Lahaina Civic Center Amphitheater, 662-8589.

Yoga with Michael Franti - Dec. 31. An afternoon workshop of acoustic music and yoga featuring Michael Franti and friends along with yoga teachers Eddie Modestini and Nickie Doane. The emphasis of this class will be “letting go of whatever crap you have -- let it go!” and let in fresh and positive energy. This will be a workshop like no other, combining yoga, acoustic music, singing, dance, meditation and playfulness. Tickets: $40 adv, $45 door. 1-4 p.m., Lahaina Civic Center Gymnasium, 662-8589.

Gilles Vonsattel & Frank Huang - Jan. 5. These two young Julliard musicians are virtuosos, with a program of electric, energetic and enigmatic piano/violin duets. Both are winners of the prestigious Naumburg International Competition for their respective instruments. Tickets: $30, $20, $10. 7:30 p.m., Castle Theater, MACC, 242-7469.

Tower of Power - (Rescheduled!) Jan. 9. The renowned horn-driven funk outfit Tower of Power has been making albums and touring the world steadily since the early '70s. Long considered one of the greatest horn sections in the business, the 10 band members have collectively and individually recorded with most of the legends of rock, funk, blues, soul and jazz.

Tickets: $45, $35, $25. 7:30 p.m., Castle Theater, MACC, 242-7469.

Ernie Watts Quartet - Jan. 12. Two-time Grammy Award-winning tenor saxophonist Ernie Watts is one of the most versatile and prolific saxophone players on the music scene. In a diverse career that has spanned more than 30 years, he has been featured on more than 500 recordings with his distinctive and soulful sound. Tickets: $25. 7:30 p.m., McCoy Studio Theater, MACC, 242-SHOW. Keb Mo - Jan. 12. Keb Mo draws heavily on the oldfashioned country blues of Robert Johnson, but keeps his sound contemporary with touches of soul and folksy storytelling. He writes much of his own material and to hear Keb Mo play the blues is like watching Jordon play basketball or Gretzky play hockey: A simple thing of beauty. Tickets: $45, $40, $30. 7:30 p.m., Castle Theater, MACC, 242-7469.

“From The Top” - Jan. 13. A live taping for the weekly radio series broadcast on National Public Radio which showcases the nation's most exceptional precollege age classical musicians. Host Christopher O’Riley oversees the one-hour program which presents five pre-college age performers or ensembles whose stunning individual performances are combined with lively interviews, unique pre-produced segments, lighthearted sketches and musical games. Tickets: $40, $30, $20, $10. 7:30 p.m., Castle Theater, MACC, 242-SHOW.

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The Kanaka‘Ole Family: Generations - Jan. 14.

Traditionally, the way of continuing cultural practices was through the family. The Kanaka’ole Family (especially the late Kumu Hula Edith Kanaka’Ole) is renowned for their dedication to continuity of the ancient, rich and vibrant Hawaiian cultural traditions.

This evening of talk story and presentation spans three generations of the Kanaka’ole Family: stretching from

Edith’s daughters Pua and Nalani to great-grandson Kaumakaiwa. Tickets: $25. 7:30 p.m., McCoy Studio Theater, MACC, 242-7469.

Eroica Trio - Jan. 15. The Naumburg Award-winning Eroica Trio thrills audiences with their passion, flawless technical virtuosity, irresistible enthusiasm and sensual elegance. Whether playing the great standards of the piano trio repertoire or daring contemporary works, the three fiery, beautiful and intensely talented women who make up this celebrated ensemble electrify the concert stage with performances of depth and precision. Tickets: $35, $25, $10. 5 p.m., Castle Theater, MACC, 242-7469.

Shanghai Circus - Jan. 16-17. A perennial favorite for audiences of all ages! Born of a 2500-year Chinese tradition of athleticism and artistry, the Shanghai Circus features acrobats, jugglers, contortionist and other skilled performers who dedicate their life to the achievement of physical excellence. Witness astounding feats of balance, breath-taking acts of body-bending, and daring displays of knife-throwing. Tickets: $22, $16, $10. 7 p.m., Castle Theater, MACC, 242-SHOW. “Footloose” - Jan. 27-28. Presented by Baldwin High School. The story revolves around a Chicago boy who moves to a small farming town during his high school senior year. As if being the new kid in town isn't difficult enough, he soon finds out the town has rigid laws...one being a strict ban on dancing. Footloose has dynamic songs with a rock ‘n’ roll rhythm that will make you want to dance in your seat. Tickets: $14, $10, $7. Fri-Sat, 7:30 p.m.; Sat-Sun., 2 p.m., Castle Theater, MACC, 242-7469.

Three Phantoms In Concert - Jan. 20. Enjoy three magnificent tenors, Craig Schulman, Kevin Gray and Cris Groenendaal, each of whom has portrayed the legendary Phantom of the Opera on Broadway. They'll sing hit numbers from the shows that made them Broadway stars, including songs from Les Miserables, Guys & Dolls, Man of La Mancha, Sweeney Todd, Kiss Me Kate and Jekyll & Hyde. A delightful evening of some of the most memorable showtunes from the Broadway stage. Tickets: $35, $25, $10. 7:30 p.m., Castle Theater, MACC, 242-SHOW. Tita Out: What? Again? - Jan. 20-22. Local actress/radio personality Kathy Collins brings back her one-tita show with new stories and special guests Willie K and Eric Gilliom. Chicken-skin stories, Hawaiian history and legends, musical mastery, and pidgin pride! Winner of the Hawaii Music Awards' 2005 Comedy Album of the Year, "Tita" will have you laughing "fo' days"! Tickets: $25. Fri-Sat, 7:30 p.m.; Sun, 2 p.m., McCoy Studio Theater, MACC, 242-7469.

Jake Shimabukuro - Jan. 26-29. Known for lightning-fast fingers and revolutionary playing techniques, Jake Shimabukuro is a young master of the ukulele who shatters musical boundaries. He plays music previously unthought-of for the instrument (anything from “The Star Spangled Banner” to jazz standards) and has created groundbreaking new styles with his boundless reserves of energy. Tickets: $30. 7:30 p.m., McCoy Studio Theater, MACC, 242-SHOW. Julia Migenes - Jan. 31. Opera diva, dancer, Broadway actress, film star, Grammy-winner for the soundtrack of the opera film Carmen, where she played the title role, choreographer of the dance and music recital Passions Latines and author of this onewoman show, Julia Migenes brings passion, sensuality and endless talent to every role. Tickets $35, $25, $10. 7:30 p.m., Castle Theater, MACC, 242-7469.

Lunasa - Feb. 3. Called an “Irish music dream team”

by Folk Roots magazine, this all-star quintet Lúnasa is comprised of alumni from some of the greatest Irish groups of the decade. Named for an ancient Celtic harvest festival in honor of the god Lugh, (patron of the arts), Lúnasa redefines traditional music with inventive arrangements and bass-driven grooves that go straight to the heart of the rhythms and steer Irish acoustic music into surprising new territories. Tickets: $30, $20, $10. 7:30 p.m., Castle Theater, MACC, 242-7469.

The Lim Family: Generations - Feb. 4.Three generations of the Lim Family, (Aunty MaryAnn, Lorna, Elmer, Carrington, Nani Lim-Yap, and even the keiki), join together onstage to perform music and dance… their family tradition! Hailing from Kohala on Hawai‘i Island, frequent Merrie Monarch winners, the Lims, are proud to present the music and dance of their home island, passed along through their family from one generation of artists to the next. Tickets: $22. 7:30 p.m., McCoy Studio, Theater, MACC, 242-7469.

Keali’i Reichel - Feb. 10-11. One of Hawaii’s most popular performing artists and a respected kumu hula, Keali`i Reichel, has captivated audiences with a winning blend of contemporary and traditional Hawaiian music. This Maui-born musician holds a permanent

Thursday

Saturday12/24 Sunday12/25

Live Hawaiian Music, No Cover, 9:30pm

Karaoke, No Cover, 9pm

The New Project w/Jay Molina Gilbert Emata & Marja, $5, 10pm

Kilohana Cruise w/Sujana, $5, 10pm

Ohana Groove, $5, 10pm

1285 Front St., Lahaina - 661-3322

1279 S. Kihei Road, Kihei - 874-9299

Friday 12/23

Karaoke, No Cover, 9pm

ALOHA MIXED PLATE BOCALINO

12/22

Monday12/26 – Wednesday12/28

Industry Night, DJ Shark In The MON - Duane Feij, No Cover, 10pm; TUE - The New Project w/ Jay Molina, Gilbert Emata & Water, No Cover, 9pm Marja, $5, 10pm; WED - DJ Shark In The Water, No Cover, 10pm

CAFE MARC AUREL

MON - Open Mic, No Cover, 7pm

Closed

28 N. Market St. Wailuku - 244-0852

CASANOVA

DJ Sal & DJ Max, $8, 9:45pm

‘80s Dance Party, $8, 9:45pm

Shankara, $15, 9:45pm

CHARLEY’S

Surf Industry Night, Live Music 9pm

Planetary Bandits, Marty Dread & Maui Boys, 9pm

Ladies Night w/ DJ Durty 9pm

No Entertainment

MON - Kanoa & Friends, No Cover, 9:30pm; TUE - No Entertainment; WED - Liquid Lounge w/DJ Durty, $5, 9pm

Tattoo Thursday w/DJ 2X, 9pm

Mystere Ikon 9pm

Flirt Party, 9pm

Wild 105.5 Christmas Party, 9pm

MON - Willie K, 9pm; TUE - Ultra Fab w/DJ Fat Jo, 9pm; WED - S.I.N. Night w/DJ Z, 9pm

1188 Makawao Ave., Makawao - 572-0220

142 Hana Hwy., Paia - 579-9453

HAPA’S NIGHTCLUB

41 E. Lipoa St., Kihei - 879-9001

WED - Wild Wahine Wednesday w/DJ Blast, $5, 9:45pm

HARD ROCK CAFÉ

MON - Reggae at the Rock w/Marty Dread, $5, 10pm

900 Front St., Lahaina - 667-7400

DA KINECALENDAR place in Hawaiian music history, with phenomenal success both locally and internationally. He has been awarded a dozen Na Hoku Hanohano Awards, been nominated for a Grammy Award and tours throughout the US and Japan. Tickets: $38, $30, $10. 7:30 p.m., Castle Theater, MACC, 242-7469.

Elvis Costello - April 2. With songs like “Pump It Up,” “Watching The Detectives” and “Every Day I Write the Book,” (our favorite!)—oh, we could go on and on. For over 25 years, Costello along with his backing group, The Attractions, has changed the face of modern rock’n’roll. Special guest Steve Nieve. 7:30 p.m., Castle Theater, MACC, 242-SHOW.

CRAFT FAIR Napili Craft Fair - Mon, Wed and Sat, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at Napili Plaza. Christmas theme decorations, holiday gifts, local and tropical gifts.

Kihei Craft Fair - Sun, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. By Tesoro. Art and craft fair complete with a farmer’s market.

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these teachings to your daily life. All are welcome.

Free. For more info, call 249-8770.

Chris-kwanz-ukah - 7 p.m. at Maui Booksellers in Wailuku. Looking for something to do on Christmas night? Maui Booksellers in Wailuku will hold their monthly poetry slam contest as well as a winter party at 7 p.m. Poets and spoken word artists are invited to present and perform original works of 3 minutes or less in any style on any theme in competition for a $100 cash prize going the top poet of the evening. $5 cover.

For more information call 244-9091.

TUEsdAy, DECEMBER 27

P.A.R.E.N.T.S. - 6-8 p.m. at Montessori School in Makawao. Presents videos and discusses parenting techniques. Free. Childcare provided, also for free. Call Trudy at 879-3595.

KEiki

Hip Hop Dance Class - Every Saturday, 10-11:30 a.m. at Hale Ohana in Wailuku. Teenagers are invited for free hip hop dance lessons. For more info, call 2445911 ext. 35.

Whalers Village Events - All performances take place at the center stage. Sun, Magic show and face painting, 6-8 p.m.; Mon, Dances of Polynesian, 6:30-7 p.m., Drums of Tahiti, 7:30-8 p.m.; Tue, Lei making class, 12-2 p.m.; Wed, Polynesian Hula, 6:30-7 and 7:30-8 p.m.; Wed, Benoit Jazz Trio, 7-8 p.m.; Thu, paint your own Christmas ornament, 2-4 p.m.; Fri, Maui Madrigal, Songs of the Season, 7-8 p.m.; Sat, Pictures with Santa, 6-8 p.m., Mele Kalikimaka Show, 6:30-7 p.m., 7:30-8 p.m. Free. For info, call 661-4567.

Winter Baseball Clinic - Monday, 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Girls and boys ages 6-18 years of age are welcome to attend. Players should bring gloves, shoes and a hat with them to Iron Maehara Baseball Stadium.

Music in the Park - 6 p.m. at Kalama Park bandstand, Kihei. In celebration of the season, the Maui Community Band, under the direction of Lisa Owen, will bring a concert of Christmas and holiday music.

This free concert is designed with the whole family in mind, so keiki are most definitely invited.

Graphic Design for Teens - Every Mon, 3-4 p.m. at Hui Malama Learning Center, Wailuku. Hands-on graphic design class using PC computers with Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. For teenagers only. Free. For info, call 244-5911, ext. 35.

Mele Kalikimassive - 9 p.m. at Paradice Bluz, Lahaina. CD Release Party for Island Soul, Vol I, featuring the FlavaZone DJs, Pito, BUB, Jonnie Girl Torres, Love and many more!

Express Yourself - Every Mon, 7 p.m. at Cafe Marc Aurel, Wailuku. Open Mic Night with music, song and poetry! Free. For info, call 276-5467.

THURsday, DECEMBER 22

Dance Party! - Every Sat, 6:15 p.m., Omari Studio B, MACC. All level singles and couples welcome. There is a rug that is begging to be cut. Who’s gonna step up? $5.

Candlelight Service - 10 p.m. at Ka’anapali Beach Hotel. On Christmas Eve, the Living Ministry with Reverend Beverly Powers will host a candlelight service under the stars in the courtyard. This is a nondenominational service and all are welcome.

SUNday, DECEMBER 25

Coffee, Cake and Kabbalah - Every Sun, 11 a.m.12 p.m., LiveWire Café, Paia. Journey through the world of mystical teachings with Rabbi Sholom Schusterman. Discuss, explore and learn how to apply

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Talk Story - Mon-Thu, 7-8 a.m. on KAOI 1110 AM. Political figures take calls and answer questions on the air. Tune in and call 244-9145.

SPORTS

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24

Candlelight Celebration Service - 6 p.m. at Maui Topical Plantation in Waikapu.

for 7

After-School Tutoring - Tue and Thu, 2:30-4:30 p.m., the Neighborhood Place at Happy Valley, Wailuku. Hui Malama Learning Center provides trained tutors to all children who attend this after-school program. Students who attend will also have the opportunity to learn hula, play ‘ukulele, games, and more.

Free. For info, call 986-0700.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23

REAL Jam III - 6-10 p.m. at Velma Santos Community Center, Wailuku. “Winter Wonderland Island Style!” Dancing, games, contests, food and prize giveaways. Youths from ages 13 to 19 are invited to partake in the festivities especially those put on by their peers. Only $3.

WHALE WATCH $ 00

Surf and Sand Half Marathon - Jan. 15, 6:30 a.m., Kapalua to Lahaina. 1,000 runners are expected to run the 13 mile course that is mostly downhill, with a beautiful view of the ocean. $60 or $40 Kamaaina.

Registration is available online at mauisurfsandhalf.com, or for info call 530-559-2261.

DINNER MUSIC WEST MAUI

BJ’s Chicago Pizzeria - John Kane, Wed, Thu and Fri; Harry Troupe, Sat; Kaleo Phillips, Sun; Clay Mortenson Mon, Tue. All sets from 7:30-10 p.m. 730 Front St., Lahaina, 661-0700.

Cheeseburger In Paradise - Brooks Maguire, Thu,

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Maui Arts &Cultural Center Maui Film Festival’s Year-End Oscar Picks

Seafood Restaurant & Sushi Bar

FIRSTLIGHT through SUN • JAN 1 Complete Schedule: www.mauifilmfestival.com 572-FILM Castle Theater $10 (4-film FastPass avl)

Late Night Specials 10pm to 1am – 21 & over with I.D.

Naumburg Award-Winning Julliard Musicians!

GILLES VONSATTEL, piano FRANK HUANG, violin

50% OFF SUSHI & APPETIZERS

THU • JAN 5 7:30 pm Castle Theater • $10, $20, $30

FREE KARAOKE - DRAFT BEER SPECIALS

KIHEI, THURSDAY - SATURDAY KAPALUA, THURSDAY & FRIDAY

TICKET GIFT CERTIFICATES MAKE GREAT GIFTS

EARLY BIRD SPECIAL

SOMETHING TO FIT EVERYONE FOR THE HOLIDAYS!

5:30pm to 6:00pm DAILY

Kapalua 669-6286

upcoming: Tower of Power, Keali‘i Reichel, Lúnasa, Jake Shimabukuro, Eroica Trio, Da Braddahs, Kumu Kahu Theater, Elvis Costello, Ballet New York, Bros. Cazimero.. more!

The Shops at Kapalua

Kihei 879-0004

BOX OFFICE ONLINE

Near Foodland

242-SHOW MON-SAT 10 -6 A

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6 Course Dinner Buffet

Retro Party 70’s & 80’s Dr ess

Maui’s Most Fun and Best Dance Band 5:30 p.m. Seating - $40 8:00 p.m. Seating - $65 $50 per person if booked before December 17th.

Price includes complimentary champagne & party favors

Watch the fireworks at midnight from the best views in Wailea

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Have you taken your people out for a Christmas party? It’s not too late yet!

Call us - we have all kinds of menus and packages to fit your budget.

Remember the employees who have fun together stay longer.

Call Mike, Billy or Kevin at

874-1131 to make your reservation

Thursday HENRY’S BAR & GRILL

12/22

Friday 12/23 Funky Monkys No Cover, 9pm

Habanero Brothers No Cover 9pm

41 E. Lipoa St., Kihei - 879-2849

120 Hana Hwy., Paia - 579-8844

KAHALE’S BEACH CLUB

Closed

KAHULUI ALE HOUSE

355 E. Kamehameha, Kahului - 877-9001

MON - Dr.Nat, Jazz/Salsa, No Cover, 7:30-10pm; WED - MJ3, Live Jazz, 7-10pm

Kenny Roberts, 6pm

Da Hawaiians, 6pm

36 Keala Pl., Kihei - 875-7711

El Nino, 6pm

MON - Steve Mendoza, 6pm; TUE-WED - Da Hawaiians, 6pm

El Dogg, 10pm

MON - The Crunch Pups, 9:30pm; TUE - Karaoke w/Alana, 9:30pm; WED - Wicked Wednesday, Live Local Music, 9:30pm

Thirsty Thursdays W/DJ Stylz, 9:30pm

KOBE JAPANESE STEAKHOUSE 136 Dickenson St., Lahaina - 667-5555

1913 S. Kihei Rd., Kihei - 891–8010

Monday12/26 – Wednesday12/28

DJ El Gato w/ DJ Arnie, $5, 10pm

JACQUES

LIFE’S A BEACH

Saturday12/24 Sunday12/25

Brian & the boys of Cool Rush 9pm

Karaoke, 9:30pm

Karaoke, 9:30pm

Habanero Brothers 9pm

‘Ohana Christmas Eve Party 9pm

MON - Open Mic w/Adam, 9pm; TUE - $2 Night w/Kanoa & Sean of Gomega, 10pm; WED - Hoku, 9pm

Erin Smith & Adam Bowen 9pm

DA KINECALENDAR Sat, Sun and Wed; Harry Troupe, Fri; Gail Swanson, Mon and Thu. All sets from 4:30-7:30 p.m. 811 Front St., Lahaina, 661-4855.

Cool Cat Cafe - Erik Pietsch, Mon and Thu; Howard Ahia, Fri-Sun; Hau Phat, Wed. All sets 7:30-10 p.m. Wharf Cinema Center, Lahaina, 667-0908.

Fish & Game Brewing Co. & Rotisserie - Nino Toscano, Thu and Fri; Kawika Lum Ho, Sat; Damien Awai, Tue; Ernest Pua’a, Chisel, Thurs; Open Mic Night, Wed.; Brian Haia, Mon. All sets from 6-9 p.m. 4405 Honoapi’ilani Highway, 669-3474.

Hula Grill - Kawika Lum, Albert & Billy, Mon; Jarret Roback and Albert & Billy, Tue; Ernest Pua’a and Brian & Roy, Wed; Ernest Pua’a and Bradah Brian & Don, Thu; Bradah Brian & Roy, Fri; TBA, Sat; Kawika Lum, Ryan Tanaka & Friends, Sun. All sets 6:30-9 p.m. 2435 Ka’anapali Parkway, Building P, Ka’anapali, 667-6636.

Java Jazz/Soup Nutz - Acoustic music nightly. 7 p.m. 3350 Lower Honoapi’ilani Rd., 667-0787.

Kahana Terrace Restaurant - Harry Troupe, Tue and Thu; Randy Reno, Sat. All sets 6-9 p.m. Sands of Kahana Resort, 669-5399.

Kimo’s - Sam Ahia, Wed-Sat, 7-8:30 p.m. 845 Front St., Lahaina, 661-4811.

Leilani’s On The Beach - Crazy Fingers, Thu, 3:305:30 p.m.; JD & Friends, Fri-Sat, 2:30-5:30 p.m.; Kilohana, Sun, 3:30-6 p.m; Jarret Robak, Wed, 3:305:30 p.m. 2435 Ka’anapali Parkway, Building J, Ka’anapali, 661-4495.

Moose McGillycuddy’s - Greg & Steve, Thu; Llayne & Greg, Fri; Mark & Mike, Sat-Sun; Anastasia, Wed. All sets 6-9 p.m. 844 Front St., Lahaina, 667-7758.

Pioneer Inn - Ah-Tim Eleniki, (local-style guitar), Thu, 69 p.m.; Greg Di Piazza, Wed, 6-9 p.m.; Captain Billy Bones, Tue, 6-8 p.m. 658 Wharf St., Lahaina, 661-3636.

Seawatch Restaurant - Nightly Music, 6-9 p.m.

100 Wailea Golf Club Dr., 875-8080.

South Shore Tiki Lounge - Sunset Happy Hour, $3 special's. Live entertainment. Tony & Peter, Sun; Trevor Jones, Tue-Fri, 4-6 p.m. Outdoor seating on the Aloha Jungle Lanai. 1913 Kihei Road, Kalama Village, 874-6444.

Tommy Bahama’s Tropical Café – Guitar and vocals w/ Brado, Wed-Fri; Brian Wittman, Sat; Patrick Mayor, Sun-Mon. All sets 6-10 p.m. The Shops at Wailea, 875-9983.

Yorman’s By The Sea – All That Jazz Band, WedSun 7-10 p.m. 760 S. Kihei Rd. Kihei, 874-8385.

CENTRAL MAUI Brigit & Bernard's Gardencafe - Live entertainment. 335 Ho’ohana St., Kahului Café Marc Aurel - Shimmy Nights, Sat. Transport yourself to realms of the mysterious and exotic with live belly dance performances. Two shows, 7 p.m. & 8 p.m. Open Mic Night, Mon. Express Yourself with music, song and poetry. 7:30 p.m. All shows no cover.

28 N. Market Street, Wailuku, 244-0852.

Mañana Garage - Nightly Neto & Friends, Latin music, 6:30-9 p.m. 33 Lono Ave., Kahului, 873-0220.

Sushi Go - Presents a concept unlike anything on Maui: Conveyor-belt sushi. Live Music every Wed, 4-8 p.m. Queen Ka'ahumanu Center, Kahului, 877-8744.

UPCOUNTRY MAUI Jacque’s - Live Jazz, Mon, 5 p.m.120 Hana Highway, Paia, 579-8844.

Livewire Cafe - Various Artists, Fri-Sat and Wed, 9 p.m.

137 Hana Highway, Paia, 579-6009.

Reilley’s Steaks & Seafood - Piano music with Shiro Mori, Thu; Darrin Lenett, Fri; Gene Argel, MonTue; Angie Carr, Wed. All sets 6-8 p.m. 4405 Honoapi`ilani Hwy, Ste #304 Kahana, 667-7477

Moana Cafe - Hula Honeys, vintage and contemporary Hawaiian music with elegance and aloha. Live Jazz, Wed and Fri; Anik, Sun, 6-9 p.m. 71 Baldwin Ave., Paia, 579-9999.

Sea House Restaurant - Hawaiian music with Albert Kaina and Kincades Basques, Thu; Kincade Basques, Fri, Sat, Mon, Tue; Kapule Paoa, Sun; Albert Kaina, Wed. All sets 7-9 p.m. Napili Kai Beach Resort, 5900 Honoapi’ilani Road, Napili, 669-1500.

RESORT SHOWS

WM – Live Music, 6-9:30 nightly; Late night Cafe: Lucid Fusion, jazz trio, Thu, Fri, Sat. 3350 L. Honoapi’ilani Rd., Honokowai, 667-7898.

SOUTH MAUI Blue Marlin Harbor-Front Grill & Bar - Boy Kana’e and Ka’ Uhaneleo, Fri and Mon, 6:30-9 p.m.; Braddah Frances and friends, Sat, 6:30 p.m.; Terri Garrison, Sun, 4-6:30 p.m Ma’alaea Harbor, 244-8844.

Capische? – Mark Johnston, Thu-Sat; Brian Cuomo, Sun and Wed; Sal & Estaire Godinez, Mon. All sets 710 p.m. Diamond Resort, 555 Kaukahi, 879-2224.

Maalaea Grill – Benoit Jazz Works, Thu, Fri and Sun, 6:30-9 p.m.; Jimmy C Jazz, Sat, 7-9 p.m. Ma’alaea Village Shops, 243-2206.

Marco’s Southside Grill – Various artists, (piano), Mon-Sun. All sets 7-10 p.m. 1445 S. Kihei Rd., 8744041.

Mulligan’s on the Blue – Wailea Nights, Thu and Fri, 8 p.m.;CelticTigers,Sun,7p.m.;GypsyPacific,Mon,7p.m.; Acoustico, Tue, 7 p.m. 100 Kaukahi St., Wailea, 874-1131.

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n EMBASSY VACATION RESORT

Ohana Bar & Grill: Live music, Thu and Wed; Patrick Major, Fri; Wayne & Friends, Sun; Ernest Pua’a w/ Hawaiian music, Mon and Tue. All sets from 5:309:30 p.m. Torch lighting ceremony nightly.

Spats: Weeping Banyan Lounge with Live Hawaiian Contemporary Music 6:30-9:30 nightly.

n KA’ANAPALI BEACH HOTEL

2525 KAANAPALI PARKWAY, 661-0011 Kupanaha: Maui Magic for All Ages: Illusions and dinner show Tue-Sat, 4:30 p.m., Kanahele Room; Lanui, live music and dancing, 6-9 nightly. Free hula show, 6:30-7:30 nightly; Sunday Champagne Brunch with Hawaiian music by Polinahe, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Tiki Courtyard of Ka’anapali Beach Hotel: Live music featuring Hawaii’s premier Slack Key Guitarists Ola Hou with Pekelo Cosma and Ohana Brown, Fri, 6-9 p.m.

Whalers Village Center Stage: Thu, Hula Lessons 3-4 p.m., Island Sounds with Ray Gooliak, 7-8 p.m.; Fri, Lei Making Class, 12-2p.m.; Music of Hawaii with Bob Jones, 7-8 p.m. Sat, Drums of the Island, 7-8 p.m.; Sun, Island Sounds with Ray Gooliak, 7-8 p.m.; Mon, Dances

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n MAUI MARRIOTT

100 NOHEA KAI DRIVE, KA’ANAPALI, 667-1200 Nalu’s: Kilohana, Wed, 8-10:30 p.m.

n NAPILI KAI BEACH RESORT

5900 Honoapi’ilani Hwy, Napili, 669-1500 Hawaiian Music: Kincaid & Albert, Thu; Kincaid Basques Fri-Sat, Mon-Tue; Kapule Paoa, Sun; Albert Kaina, Wed; All Hawaiian music shows from 7-9 p.m.

n RITZ-CARLTON KAPALUA

sical, pop and jazz piano, Wed, 6:30-8 p.m., Lower Courtyard- Live music with Jamie Lawerence and a Hawaiian band, Wed, 6:30-8 p.m.

n WAILEA MARRIOTT

3700 WAILEA ALANUI, WAILEA, 879-1922 Hawaiian Entertainment w/hula-Featuring Pam Gamboa Peterson Mon and Sat, Mitch Kepa & Raymond "Mundo" Medeiros. Paradise & Ka Poe O Hawaii perform at the Luau, Mon, Tue, Thu and Fri. 69 nightly in Kumu Bar & Grill and 9-11 nightly in the Mele Mele Lounge

n RENAISSANCE WAILEA BEACH RESORT

ONE RITZ-CARLTON DRIVE, KAPALUA, 669-6200

3550 WAILEA ALANUI, WAILEA, 879-4900

Lobby Lounge: Live Music, 6-10 nightly. Banyan Tree Restaurant: World fusion duo Ranga Pae,Tue-Sat, 6:15-9:45 p.m.

Sunset Terrace: Live Hawaiian contemporary music

by Lono, Mon-Tue; Bobby Krueger, Wed-Thu; Mahalo Greg, Fri; Rama Camarillo, Sat; Mondo Kane, Sun. All sets 6-9 p.m.

Kapalua Indoor Theater: Masters of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Concerts series features traditional Hawaiian music. Every Wed, 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $40 visitor and $30 kama`aina rate. 1-888-669-3858.

n ROYAL LAHAINA RESORT

2780 KEKAA DRIVE, KAANAPALI, 661-3611 Live Hawaiian music, 6-8 p.m. Thu-Sat in the Royal Ocean Terrace. Royal Lahaina Luau featuring authentic Hawaiian and Polynesian song and dance at 5 nightly.

n SHERATON MAUI HOTEL

2605 KA’ANAPALI PARKWAY, 661-0031 Lagoon Bar Entertainment w/hula dancers, 6-8 nightly. Bobby & Ralph, Thu, Mon and Tue; Ralph & Allan, Fri; Fausto & Kawaika, Sat and Sun; Nathan & Ralph, Wed. Torchlighting and cliff diving ceremony at sunset, 7-8 nightly.

n THE WESTIN MAUI HOTEL

n MAUI PRINCE HOTEL

5400 MAKENA ALANUI, 874-1111 Molokini Lounge: Ron Kuala’au, Hawaiian and contemporary guitar and vocals, Sun, 6-10:30 p.m. and Tue, Thu and Sat, 6-8:30 p.m.; Mele ‘Ohana duo, Mon, Wed. and Fri, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. and 6-8 p.m., Mon-Sat, 8:30-10:30 p.m.

EAST MAUI n HOTEL HANA-MAUI HANA, 248-8211

Hawaiian Music in Paniolo Lounge: Thu thru Sun, 6:30-9:30 p.m.; Hula show, every Thu and Sun, 7:30-8:15 p.m. in the Main Dining Room.

2365 KA’ANAPALI PARKWAY, 667-2525 Tropica: Mitch Kepa, Sat-Mon; Benny Uyetake, TueFri, 6-9 p.m. Tableside magic by Fortunato, Tue-Wed and Sat, 7-9 p.m.

SOUTH MAUI n FOUR SEASONS RESORT WAILEA

Send your listings & photos for the Da Kine Calendar to calendar@mauitime.com or fax (808) 661-0446

3900 WAILEA ALANUI, WAILEA, 874-8000

104 KA’ANAPALI SHORES, LAHAINA, 661-2000

DINING

of Polynesian, 6:30-7 p.m., Drums of Tahiti, 7:30–8 p.m.; Tue, Lei Making Class, 11a.m.-1p.m., Music of Hawaii with Bob Jones, 7-8 p.m.; Wed, Polynesian Hula Show 7-8p.m. All Shows free.

FILM

Lobby Lounge, Hawaiian music w/Steve Repollo and Alan Villeran, Thu, 5:30-7:30 p.m. followed by jazz w/Sal Godinez and Marcus Johnson, 8:30-11:30 p.m.; contemporary music w/Clay Mortensen and George Tavoularis, Fri, 8:30-11:30 p.m.; island style trio, Sat and Mon, 5:307:30 p.m. w/hula dancer 5:30-6:30 p.m.; Pam Peterson and Rudy Baria, Sun, 8:30-11:30 p.m.; Nils & Anastasia (of VooDoo Suns) live & unplugged Mon and Sat, 8:3011:30 p.m.; Clay Mortensen and Gilbert Emata, Wed, 8:30-11:30 p.m. Sunset torchlighting nightly.

n GRAND WAILEA RESORT HOTEL & SPA

3850 WAILEA ALANUI, WAILEA, 875-1234 Botero Bar entertainment, Live Music, Wed, 5:30-9:30 p.m.; Strolling Hawaiian duo in the Humuhumunukunukuapua’a nightly.

n THE FAIRMONT KEA LANI MAUI

4100 WAILEA ALANUI, WAILEA, 875-4100 Cafe Ciao Restaurant. Live music with Toshomee, 6:30-9:30 p.m.Thu-Sat.

n THE SHOPS AT WAILEA

3750 WAILEA ALANUI, WAILEA

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Thursday

12/22

Jazz w/Sal Godinez & Marcus Johnson, 8:30-11:30pm

LOBBY LOUNGE

Four Seasons Resort, Wailea - 874-8000

Friday 12/23 Jazz w/Sal Godinez & Marcus Johnson, 8:30-11:30pm

888 Front St., Lahaina - 667-2288

Neto, Latin salsa night, No Cover, 8-11pm

LULU’S

1945 S. Kihei Rd., Kihei - 879-9944

MAUI WAVERIDERS, B&G

The Willies, No Cover, 8-11pm

Dr. Nat, 8:30-11:30pm

Live Music, No Cover, 8-9pm; Live DJ, No Cover, 9pm

TBA

900 Front St, Lahaina - 661-1200

MON - Nils & Anastasia, 8:30-11:30pm; WED - Jazz w/Sal Godinez & Marcus Johnson, No Cover, 8:30-11:30pm

844 Front St., Lahaina - 667-7758

MULLIGAN’S ON THE BLUE 100 Kaukahi St., Wailea - 874-1131

NEPTUNES

1913 S. Kihei Rd., Kihei - 874-2555

WED - Karaoke, 9pm Service Industry Night, Metal Night, No Cover, 9pm

MON - Mai Tai/ Margarita Mondays, 9pm; TUE - $2 Tattoo Tuesdays, all day; WED - Westside Wednesdays, Dollar Drinks, 10pm

DJ Mackie Mac, No Cover, 9pm

DJ Mackie Mac, No Cover, 9pm

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CAPRICORN (DECEMBER 22-JANUARY 20) This week, your focus could change to a more relaxed energy and laziness, like the many tropical plants gently moving in the breeze… How nice for you! Making new friends is a good thing.

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PISCES (FEBRUARY 20-MARCH 20) Have you ever been scuba diving, swimming deep down into the blue of the Pacific, breathing underwater? You can’t beat the location plus it’d be truly second nature to you. But something is missing—or is it? You will be easily distracted from focusing on your goals this week by visiting friends or pals who would rather take you out drinking. Even though it would be best to stay on course and do the right thing, moderation is better than excess, eh?

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) You tend to be a bit on the sensitive side this week but maybe you aren’t coming to terms honestly with the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Can you handle it? It’s time to step up to the plate and make a decision you’ve been wanting to make for quite some time but just never did.

Listen to your inner voice and meditate on the good things in life. Relax. Self-control is a completely necessary and valuable Jedi skill.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) “I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll blow your house down!” Oh, my. Wouldn’t it be easier to just sort of, like, read a book? Anger management is a class that should be taught in every school. (Interesting note: “should” isn’t even a word in the African language.) Like Yoda says, “Do or do not, there is not try.” If there’s something that’s bothering you this week, bring it up. It doesn’t hurt to discuss important issues in your life with the ones you truly love.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 21) The cheer of the holidays is all around us now—so much going on and so much to do. And it’s over before you know it. There’s something to be learned about the way time ticks and how you can ready your emotions for the inevitable ends. Yeah, we all die but until then, shouldn’t we enjoy the ride and spread as much happiness and goodness as we can? Even if it’s just a little something-something, gifts are totally in!

CANCER (JUNE 22-JULY 21) So you think you can, but can you? There are some things in life you have control over, and then there are things you can’t do anything about. Living through example is one of the best ways to help the ones you love make better decisions. If something is bothering you and nothing changes, then discussion is key. But if you’re hitting the same problem over and over, maybe it’s best (respectively) to let it go.

LEO (JULY 22-AUGUST 21) Entrancing mystical magic flows from your drum and song. Your fiery grace of dance and meditation brings wonder to all who see your brilliance and power. The Leo is known as the most powerful sign of all because of the “lion” in your heart and the sun as your planet. When the waves crash on the shore and skin peels from a burn, a new beginning occurs from an even stronger transformation. If you’re happy with what you’re doing now, you’re ready for the next level.

VIRGO (AUGUST 22-SEPTEMBER 22) Have you noticed all the fowl language lately? I’m not impressed. Isn’t that a sign of ignorance?

Like small flowers resting in the moonlight, the cool breeze of the trades off the ocean calms even the most dangerous spirit. There are all kinds of walks of life on this lovely planet and for some reason, it seems that Virgo finds them all. Going on a family trip to the bamboo forest or Iao Valley is reliable refreshment.

LIBRA (SEPTEMBER 23-OCTOBER 22) The fine balance of life can be easily illustrated with the concept of Yin and Yang—Yang, the action, and Yin, the reaction. You have a bit of both. Going from one spectrum to the next can be confusing for you. Really focus on who you are and what you want to do. No two people are the same and the more you understand yourself, the better. If you have time, try taking some salsa classes.

SCORPIO (OCTOBER 23-NOVEMBER 21) Sunlight beams down through the trees, heating up the air, until a breeze brings respite.

Thankfulness is key during the holidays, and sharing is important, too. It’s time to settle for little or none. Simplify your lifestyle and get back to your roots. Starting over again isn’t as scary as you think. A Taurus brings an interesting twist to your living situation.

SAGITTARIUS (NOVEMBER 22-DECEMBER 21) Kicking back and enjoying the holidays this year is your main focus. Don’t let your wandering mind bring you down about the past or why this year is different than the last. No time to compare and contrast! Over-analyzing is only going to bring you down. Your dreams are very powerful right now and you would be wise to listen to them for insight. Especially when it comes to important decision making.

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The Gift

A real friend is someone who you can sit in complete silence with and still walk away feeling like you just had the best conversation of your life. - Unknown It was Sunday, late afternoon. We were sitting at Colleen’s in Haiku—actually, we were sitting in the third booth I made us move to because it happened to be close to an electrical outlet that allowed me to use my laptop. Sasha wanted to read the paper—New York Times, Sunday edition—and I had a lot of work to do.

We sat in silence for a while, sometimes wordlessly passing random objects: a napkin when I noticed her iced double mocha forming a precarious puddle next to Section B; a sugar packet when the server dropped off my double latte. Neither of us looked up from what we were doing.

“Geez, how long we been married?” Sasha suddenly asked.

“Hunh?” I said, not really listening. “Oh. Could you pass me another sugar? Thanks, dear.”

I was busy thinking about the night before. You see, I know this amazing artist who, periodically, has fabulous parties out in Kaupo involving the latest works of his artist friends, music, wine, tantalizing food prepared in his outdoor kitchen and wood-fired stove and an international lounge-y ambience in his open-air, raised platform living room, a.k.a.

Mediterranean stage of the gods.

Anytime I’ve attended one of these soirees, I’m always shy at first. I walk around the outskirts of the group, stopping to contemplate a painted goddess or the bowls of chopped herbs in the cucina. But inevitably, I dip a toe in socially and get involved in long artistic conversations with fascinating people I’ve never met, I eat too much pasta, somebody’s smile makes me blush and I develop yet another crush on some exotic stranger whose name I can never remember but usually ends in “o.”

Most importantly, I get high with inspiration, then wonder why I don’t come to these parties more often. Maybe it’s the two-hour drive it takes to get out there. Of course, I could have carpooled with friends but on this particular night I was looking forward to a little quality alone time with Rocky, my Jeep.

My need to fly solo came because lately, I’ve been a little frustrated with my friends. Some never call, others call at the wrong times, still others only call when they’re drunk and trying to divert attention from the cops standing outside Honolulu strip clubs—and they all just weren’t recognizing my crabby, overstressed holiday mood as a pathetic plea for attention.

Silly, silly friends.

I guess what I needed was a little time spent with strangers out in the middle of nowhere— in a way, to be truly quiet and liberated. Sometimes the comfort of close friendship can be stifling, especially when you know that true friends will accept you even when you’re shy, crabby or distracted temporarily and completely ignoring them.

It’s that pressure—like not enjoying the sunshine when you live on Maui—that sometimes keeps you from appreciating a gift like real, lasting, longterm, almost connubial friendship.

This I thought about as I sat in the booth at Colleen’s, in between the Christmas tree and Sasha, who stopped to peer out at me over her newspaper.

“You know, I never realized how many ‘things’—issues—I have,” she said, looking all cute and ponderous. “They seem to multiply as I get older, too.”

“Really?” I said. “I have no idea what you mean.”

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